The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC on November 2, 2018. The breach occurred on August 22, 2018, when an employee inadvertently sent an email containing personal information of individuals to unauthorized recipients, though no misuse of the information was confirmed.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-141396
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/transamerica
"id": "tra400072625",
"linkid": "transamerica",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2018",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
'date_detected': '2018-08-22',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-11-02',
'description': 'An employee inadvertently sent an email containing personal '
'information of individuals to unauthorized recipients.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Transamerica Retirement Solutions, LLC',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}