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'}