Sprint

Sprint

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Sprint on September 20, 2017. The breach occurred between May 7 and July 22, 2017, potentially compromising customers' Sprint account Personal Identification Number (PIN) and security questions/answers. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-102003

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

"id": "spr403072625",
"linkid": "sprint",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Telecommunications',
                        'name': 'Sprint',
                        'type': 'Telecommunications Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Sprint account Personal '
                                              'Identification Number (PIN)',
                                              'security questions/answers']},
 'date_detected': '2017-09-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-09-20',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Sprint on September 20, 2017. The breach '
                'occurred between May 7 and July 22, 2017, potentially '
                "compromising customers' Sprint account Personal "
                'Identification Number (PIN) and security questions/answers. '
                'The number of individuals affected is unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Sprint account Personal Identification '
                                 'Number (PIN)',
                                 'security questions/answers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-09-20',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Sprint Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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