Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc. on June 26, 2014, related to an incident that occurred between May 29 and 30, 2014. An employee's unencrypted laptop was lost, potentially exposing personal information of past and present customers, including names, addresses, account numbers, and Social Security numbers, although no specific number of affected individuals was disclosed.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-45666

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sterne-agee

"id": "ste147080525",
"linkid": "sterne-agee",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Lost Device',
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'No',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Account Numbers',
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2014-06-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-06-26',
 'description': "An employee's unencrypted laptop was lost, potentially "
                'exposing personal information of past and present customers, '
                'including names, addresses, account numbers, and Social '
                'Security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Account Numbers',
                                 'Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-06-26',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Sterne, Agee & Leach, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unencrypted Laptop'}