On June 22, 2015, the California Office of the Attorney General reported that Summit Financial Group experienced a data breach between January 1, 2015, and February 15, 2015, affecting approximately 662 individuals. The breach involved the unauthorized disclosure of clients' personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, due to human error in mailing CDs containing tax returns.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-56501
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/summit-financial-group
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"linkid": "summit-financial-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2015",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 662,
'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Summit Financial Group',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': 'Human Error',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 662,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2015-06-22',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-06-22',
'description': "Unauthorized disclosure of clients' personal information, "
'including names and Social Security numbers, due to human '
'error in mailing CDs containing tax returns.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security Numbers']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2015-06-22',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Summit Financial Group Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Improper Handling of Sensitive Data'}