Snapchat, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Snapchat, Inc. experienced a data breach on February 26, 2016, due to an email phishing scam leading to the improper disclosure of payroll information for some current and former employees. The reported date of the breach notification is March 4, 2016. Specific details about the number of individuals affected were not provided, and the types of information compromised include names, Snapchat employee IDs, Social Security numbers, and wage information.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60310

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/snap-inc-co

"id": "sna122072825",
"linkid": "snap-inc-co",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Technology',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Snapchat, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Snapchat employee IDs',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'wage information']},
 'date_detected': '2016-02-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-03-04',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Snapchat, Inc. experienced a data breach on February 26, '
                '2016, due to an email phishing scam leading to the improper '
                'disclosure of payroll information for some current and former '
                'employees. The reported date of the breach notification is '
                'March 4, 2016. Specific details about the number of '
                'individuals affected were not provided, and the types of '
                'information compromised include names, Snapchat employee IDs, '
                'Social Security numbers, and wage information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Snapchat employee IDs',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'wage information']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Phishing Scam'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Email Phishing Scam'},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Snapchat Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Phishing Scam'}