Seagate Technology

Seagate Technology

The employee's information of Seagate Technology was leaked in a data security incident after an employee email account tricked an employee at a data storage giant.

The compromised information included employee Social Security numbers, salaries, and other personal data.

The employee's excess was immediately cut off and offered two-year membership to Experian’s ProtectMyID service, paid for by the company.

Source: https://krebsonsecurity.com/2016/03/seagate-phish-exposes-all-employee-w-2s/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/seagate-technology

"id": "sea05319522",
"linkid": "seagate-technology",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Data Storage',
                        'name': 'Seagate Technology',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'Salaries',
                                              'Other personal data']},
 'description': 'An employee email account was compromised leading to the leak '
                'of employee information including Social Security numbers and '
                'salaries.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'Salaries',
                                 'Other personal data']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Phishing email'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['Offered two-year '
                                                   'membership to Experian’s '
                                                   'ProtectMyID service'],
                            'root_causes': ['Phishing attack']},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ["Employee's email access was "
                                       'immediately cut off'],
              'remediation_measures': ['Offered two-year membership to '
                                       'Experian’s ProtectMyID service']},
 'title': 'Seagate Technology Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human error'}
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