TerraCom, Inc.

The Iowa Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving TerraCom Wireless on May 10, 2013. The breach, discovered on April 26, 2013, involved unauthorized access to personal data by an investigative reporter, impacting over 150,000 individuals, including at least 1,683 residents of Iowa. The compromised data included names, addresses, social security numbers, and tax information of applicants for the federal Lifeline program.

Source: https://www.iowaattorneygeneral.gov/for-consumers/security-breach-notifications/2013-security-breach-notifications/

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/terracom-inc

"id": "ter1006072525",
"linkid": "terracom-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2013",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 150000,
                        'industry': 'Telecommunications',
                        'name': 'TerraCom Wireless',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 150000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'social security numbers',
                                              'tax information']},
 'date_detected': '2013-04-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2013-05-10',
 'description': "The Iowa Attorney General's Office reported a data breach "
                'involving TerraCom Wireless on May 10, 2013. The breach, '
                'discovered on April 26, 2013, involved unauthorized access to '
                'personal data by an investigative reporter, impacting over '
                '150,000 individuals, including at least 1,683 residents of '
                'Iowa. The compromised data included names, addresses, social '
                'security numbers, and tax information of applicants for the '
                'federal Lifeline program.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'social security numbers',
                                 'tax information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2013-05-10',
                 'source': "Iowa Attorney General's Office"}],
 'threat_actor': 'Investigative Reporter',
 'title': 'TerraCom Wireless Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}