The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Solera Holdings, Inc. on February 21, 2018. The breach potentially compromised Form W-2 information, including names, wage and deduction information, and social security numbers of some Solera employees and ex-employees. The breach was first discovered on March 13, 2017, when employees were alerted by the IRS about fraudulent tax returns filed in their names.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-133959
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/solera
"id": "sol104072625",
"linkid": "solera",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'Solera Holdings, Inc.', 'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'social security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Form W-2 information',
'names',
'wage and deduction information',
'social security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2017-03-13',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-02-21',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Solera Holdings, Inc. on February 21, 2018. '
'The breach potentially compromised Form W-2 information, '
'including names, wage and deduction information, and social '
'security numbers of some Solera employees and ex-employees. '
'The breach was first discovered on March 13, 2017, when '
'employees were alerted by the IRS about fraudulent tax '
'returns filed in their names.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Form W-2 information',
'names',
'wage and deduction information',
'social security numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': ['Fraudulent tax returns']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2018-02-21',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Solera Holdings, Inc.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}