Sekure Merchant Solutions

On September 3, 2020, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Sekure Merchant Solutions. The breach occurred on January 24 and January 27, 2020, where personal information, including names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers, was removed by an unauthorized actor and published on the dark web, affecting an undisclosed number of individuals.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-193770

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sekurepaymentexperts

"id": "sek224072625",
"linkid": "sekurepaymentexperts",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Undisclosed number of '
                                              'individuals',
                        'industry': 'Merchant Services',
                        'name': 'Sekure Merchant Solutions',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 'Undisclosed',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              "Driver's license numbers"]},
 'date_detected': '2020-09-03',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-03',
 'description': 'On September 3, 2020, the California Office of the Attorney '
                'General reported a data breach involving Sekure Merchant '
                'Solutions. The breach occurred on January 24 and January 27, '
                '2020, where personal information, including names, Social '
                "Security numbers, and driver's license numbers, was removed "
                'by an unauthorized actor and published on the dark web, '
                'affecting an undisclosed number of individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 "Driver's license numbers"]},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': True},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-09-03',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Actor',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Sekure Merchant Solutions',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}