The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Transcend Capital LLC on September 20, 2012. The breach occurred the week of August 20, 2012, affecting 236 clients due to unauthorized access by a computer hacker to a data server in Austin, Texas. The compromised server contained client account data including names, social security numbers, addresses, and account numbers.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-36511
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/transcend-capital-advisors
"id": "tra311072525",
"linkid": "transcend-capital-advisors",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2012",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 236,
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'location': 'Austin, Texas',
'name': 'Transcend Capital LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 236,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security Numbers',
'Addresses',
'Account Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2012-08-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-09-20',
'description': 'Unauthorized access by a computer hacker to a data server in '
'Austin, Texas, compromising client account data.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security Numbers',
'Addresses',
'Account Numbers'],
'systems_affected': ['Data Server']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2012-09-20',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'Computer Hacker',
'title': 'Data Breach at Transcend Capital LLC',
'type': 'Data Breach'}