ShareThis, Inc.

ShareThis, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported on February 28, 2019, that ShareThis, Inc. experienced a data breach likely occurring in July 2018. The breach involved unauthorized access to names, email addresses, hashed passwords, and some birth dates of an unknown number of California residents, following a report by The Register indicating that the affected data was posted for sale on the dark web.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-145099

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/sharethis

"id": "sha130072725",
"linkid": "sharethis",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unknown number of California '
                                              'residents',
                        'industry': 'Technology',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'ShareThis, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Email Addresses',
                                              'Hashed Passwords',
                                              'Birth Dates']},
 'date_detected': '2019-02-28',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-02-28',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported on '
                'February 28, 2019, that ShareThis, Inc. experienced a data '
                'breach likely occurring in July 2018. The breach involved '
                'unauthorized access to names, email addresses, hashed '
                'passwords, and some birth dates of an unknown number of '
                'California residents, following a report by The Register '
                'indicating that the affected data was posted for sale on the '
                'dark web.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Email Addresses',
                                 'Hashed Passwords',
                                 'Birth Dates']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': True},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'references': [{'source': 'The Register'}],
 'title': 'ShareThis, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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