In March 2023, TechSecure Solutions suffered a data breach that resulted in the leak of personal customer information. The incident occurred due to a vulnerability in their security systems that was exploited by cyber attackers. This breach affected thousands of customers, compromising their names, addresses, and payment details. As a consequence, the company faced significant financial losses, customer mistrust, and potential legal challenges. The breach disrupted the company's operations and required a comprehensive review of its cybersecurity policies and implementation of stronger measures to prevent future incidents.
Source: https://www.nationalcrimeagency.gov.uk/what-we-do/crime-threats/cyber-crime
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/techsecure-solutions
"id": "tec431051324",
"linkid": "techsecure-solutions",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2023",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'thousands',
'name': 'TechSecure Solutions',
'type': 'company'}],
'attack_vector': 'vulnerability in security systems',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'thousands',
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'addresses'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'high',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal information',
'payment details']},
'date_detected': 'March 2023',
'description': 'In March 2023, TechSecure Solutions suffered a data breach '
'that resulted in the leak of personal customer information. '
'The incident occurred due to a vulnerability in their '
'security systems that was exploited by cyber attackers. This '
'breach affected thousands of customers, compromising their '
'names, addresses, and payment details. As a consequence, the '
'company faced significant financial losses, customer '
'mistrust, and potential legal challenges. The breach '
"disrupted the company's operations and required a "
'comprehensive review of its cybersecurity policies and '
'implementation of stronger measures to prevent future '
'incidents.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'customer mistrust',
'customer_complaints': 'customer mistrust',
'data_compromised': ['names', 'addresses', 'payment details'],
'financial_loss': 'significant',
'legal_liabilities': 'potential legal challenges',
'operational_impact': 'disrupted operations',
'payment_information_risk': 'payment details compromised'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['comprehensive review of '
'cybersecurity policies',
'implementation of stronger '
'measures'],
'root_causes': 'vulnerability in security systems'},
'regulatory_compliance': {'legal_actions': 'potential legal challenges'},
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['comprehensive review of cybersecurity '
'policies',
'implementation of stronger measures']},
'threat_actor': 'cyber attackers',
'title': 'TechSecure Solutions Data Breach',
'type': 'data breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'security systems vulnerability'}