TechSecure Ltd

TechSecure Ltd faced a significant data breach in December 2022, where unauthorized access was gained to customer data including names, email addresses, and payment information. The breach was detected by their internal monitoring tools and was reported to affect approximately 10,000 customers. An investigation was initiated immediately, and it was found that a compromised employee account was used to gain access to the system. TechSecure Ltd has since notified affected customers and implemented stricter access controls and monitoring to prevent future incidents.

Source: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2023/cyber-security-breaches-survey-2023

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/techsecure-ltd

"id": "tec316051324",
"linkid": "techsecure-ltd",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 10000,
                        'name': 'TechSecure Ltd',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Compromised Employee Account',
 'customer_advisories': 'Notified Affected Customers',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 10000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Email Addresses',
                                              'Payment Information']},
 'date_detected': 'December 2022',
 'description': 'TechSecure Ltd faced a significant data breach in December '
                '2022, where unauthorized access was gained to customer data '
                'including names, email addresses, and payment information. '
                'The breach was detected by their internal monitoring tools '
                'and was reported to affect approximately 10,000 customers. An '
                'investigation was initiated immediately, and it was found '
                'that a compromised employee account was used to gain access '
                'to the system. TechSecure Ltd has since notified affected '
                'customers and implemented stricter access controls and '
                'monitoring to prevent future incidents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'payment information']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Compromised Employee Account'},
 'investigation_status': 'Completed',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['Stricter Access Controls',
                                                   'Enhanced Monitoring'],
                            'root_causes': 'Weak Access Controls'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Notified Affected Customers'],
              'enhanced_monitoring': True,
              'remediation_measures': ['Stricter Access Controls',
                                       'Enhanced Monitoring']},
 'title': 'TechSecure Ltd Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Weak Access Controls'}