Schneider Electric

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Schneider Electric on February 7, 2013. The breach occurred on January 16, 2013, when a bulk mail vendor mistakenly included an employee's Social Security Number (SSN) in a mailing. The number of affected individuals is unspecified.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-38843

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/schneider-electric

"id": "sch325080525",
"linkid": "schneider-electric",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2013",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Electrical Equipment',
                        'name': 'Schneider Electric',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Human Error',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'Number',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Number'},
 'date_detected': '2013-01-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-02-07',
 'description': "A bulk mail vendor mistakenly included an employee's Social "
                'Security Number (SSN) in a mailing.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Number']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Schneider Electric Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}