On March 9, 2016, the California Office of the Attorney General reported that Seagate US, LLC experienced a data breach on March 1, 2016, involving a phishing email that disclosed W-2 information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and earnings of Seagate employees. Approximately the same number as employees who received a W-2 for the 2015 tax year were affected.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60402
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/seagate-technology
"id": "sea914072825",
"linkid": "seagate-technology",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2015",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Seagate US, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'Earnings']},
'date_detected': '2016-03-09',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-03-09',
'description': 'A phishing email disclosed W-2 information, including names, '
'addresses, Social Security numbers, and earnings of Seagate '
'employees.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'Earnings']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Phishing Email'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-03-09',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Seagate US, LLC Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}