The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company on June 30, 2017. The breach occurred on December 30, 2016, when a former employee transferred files containing various personal information to a portable electronic storage device. The type of information potentially compromised includes names, contact information, Social Security numbers, and financial account information.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-100016
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/state-farm-mutual-auto-ins
"id": "sta425072725",
"linkid": "state-farm-mutual-auto-ins",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Insurance',
'name': 'State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance '
'Company',
'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Insider Threat',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Contact Information',
'Social Security Numbers',
'Financial Account Information']},
'date_detected': '2017-06-30',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-06-30',
'description': 'A data breach involving State Farm Mutual Automobile '
'Insurance Company where a former employee transferred files '
'containing personal information to a portable electronic '
'storage device.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Contact Information',
'Social Security Numbers',
'Financial Account Information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-06-30',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'Former Employee',
'title': 'State Farm Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Data Transfer'}