The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Sprouts Farmers Market on March 28, 2016. The breach occurred during the week of March 14, 2016, due to a phishing scam that led to the unauthorized disclosure of employees' 2015 Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statements, affecting an unspecified number of individuals. The breached information included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, wages, and withheld taxes.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60739
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sprouts-farmers-market
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"linkid": "sprouts-farmers-market",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2015",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Grocery',
'name': 'Sprouts Farmers Market',
'type': 'Retail'}],
'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'wages',
'withheld taxes']},
'date_detected': '2016-03-14',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-03-28',
'description': 'A data breach involving Sprouts Farmers Market occurred due '
'to a phishing scam that led to the unauthorized disclosure of '
"employees' 2015 Form W-2 Wage and Tax Statements.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'wages',
'withheld taxes']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Sprouts Farmers Market Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}