USA Hoist Company, Inc.

On November 20, 2017, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving USA Hoist Company, Inc. and Mid-American Elevator Company, Inc. that occurred on October 17, 2017. The breach was caused by a ransomware attack, potentially compromising employee names, mailing addresses, Social Security numbers, and health insurance applications, while the number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-112319

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/usa-hoist-company-incorporated

"id": "usa734072525",
"linkid": "usa-hoist-company-incorporated",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "10/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Elevator Services',
                        'name': ['USA Hoist Company, Inc.',
                                 'Mid-American Elevator Company, Inc.'],
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['employee names',
                                              'mailing addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'health insurance applications']},
 'date_detected': '2017-10-17',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-11-20',
 'description': 'A ransomware attack potentially compromised employee names, '
                'mailing addresses, Social Security numbers, and health '
                'insurance applications.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['employee names',
                                 'mailing addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'health insurance applications']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-11-20',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at USA Hoist Company, Inc. and Mid-American Elevator '
          'Company, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}