Sensata Technologies, a global industrial tech firm specializing in mission-critical sensors, controls, and electrical protection systems, suffered a ransomware attack on April 6, 2025, resulting in data theft. The breach affected current and former employees and their dependents, compromising sensitive information such as full names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account information, and health insurance information. The attack disrupted the company's shipping, manufacturing, and other business operations. Sensata is offering one year of credit monitoring and identity theft protection to impacted individuals.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sensata-technologies
"id": "sen901060925",
"linkid": "sensata-technologies",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "4/2025",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': ['Automotive', 'Aerospace', 'Defense'],
'name': 'Sensata Technologies',
'type': 'Industrial Tech Firm'}],
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
'Information (PII)',
'Financial Information',
'Medical Information']},
'date_detected': '2025-04-06',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-05-23',
'description': 'Sensata Technologies suffered a data breach and ransomware '
'attack, impacting its shipping, manufacturing, and other '
'business operations. The breach exposed personal information '
'of current and former employees and their dependents.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Full name',
'Address',
'Social Security Number (SSN)',
"Driver's license number",
'State ID card number',
'Passport number',
'Financial account information',
'Payment card information',
'Medical information',
'Health insurance information',
'Date of birth'],
'systems_affected': ['Shipping',
'Manufacturing',
'Other business operations']},
'investigation_status': 'Completed',
'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': True},
'references': [{'source': 'BleepingComputer'}],
'response': {'recovery_measures': ['Enrollment in one year of credit '
'monitoring and identity theft protection '
'service'],
'third_party_assistance': True},
'title': 'Sensata Technologies Ransomware Data Breach',
'type': 'Ransomware and Data Breach'}