Samsung Electronics America, Inc.

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported that Samsung Electronics America, Inc. experienced a data breach from July 22 to July 29, 2022, affecting approximately 174,929 individuals. The breached information included names and full dates of birth, and the incident was discovered on July 28, 2022.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=13840

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/samsung-electronics-america

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"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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                        'name': 'Samsung Electronics America, Inc.',
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                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names', 'full dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2022-07-28',
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                'that Samsung Electronics America, Inc. experienced a data '
                'breach from July 22 to July 29, 2022, affecting approximately '
                '174,929 individuals. The breached information included names '
                'and full dates of birth, and the incident was discovered on '
                'July 28, 2022.',
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