The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company on April 6, 2016. The breach occurred on March 8, 2016, when an outside vendor detected suspicious activity, potentially compromising the personal information of employees and their dependents, including names, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Approximately 1,000 individuals may have been affected.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60875

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-whiting-turner-contracting-company

"id": "the143072925",
"linkid": "the-whiting-turner-contracting-company",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Construction',
                        'name': 'The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '1,000',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2016-03-08',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-04-06',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company on '
                'April 6, 2016. The breach occurred on March 8, 2016, when an '
                'outside vendor detected suspicious activity, potentially '
                'compromising the personal information of employees and their '
                'dependents, including names, dates of birth, and Social '
                'Security numbers. Approximately 1,000 individuals may have '
                'been affected.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-04-06',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}