Target Corporation

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Target Corporation on December 20, 2013. The breach occurred between November 27 and December 15, 2013, resulting from unauthorized access to payment card data. Compromised information included customer names, credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVVs. The number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-43585

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/target

"id": "tar443072925",
"linkid": "target",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2013",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
                        'name': 'Target Corporation',
                        'type': 'Retail'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer names',
                                              'Credit or debit card numbers',
                                              'Expiration dates',
                                              'CVVs']},
 'date_detected': '2013-12-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-12-20',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Target Corporation on December 20, 2013. The '
                'breach occurred between November 27 and December 15, 2013, '
                'resulting from unauthorized access to payment card data, with '
                'compromised information including customer names, credit or '
                'debit card numbers, expiration dates, and CVVs. The number of '
                'individuals affected is unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer names',
                                 'Credit or debit card numbers',
                                 'Expiration dates',
                                 'CVVs'],
            'payment_information_risk': True},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2013-12-20',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Target Corporation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}