Talx Corporation

Talx Corporation

On May 23, 2017, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Talx Corporation (TALX), a subsidiary of Equifax. The breach occurred between January 4, 2016, and March 29, 2017, and potentially exposed individuals' names, addresses, Social Security numbers, earnings, and health insurance coverage information. It is unclear how many individuals were affected by the breach.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-69058

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/talx-corporation

"id": "tal844072525",
"linkid": "talx-corporation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2016",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Talx Corporation (TALX)',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['W-2 tax forms',
                                              '1095-C tax forms']},
 'date_detected': '2017-05-23',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-05-23',
 'description': 'A data breach at Talx Corporation (TALX), a subsidiary of '
                'Equifax, may have resulted in unauthorized access to W-2 and '
                "1095-C tax forms, exposing individuals' names, addresses, "
                'Social Security numbers, earnings, and health insurance '
                'coverage information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'earnings',
                                 'health insurance coverage information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-05-23',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Talx Corporation (TALX)',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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