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
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"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'}