US Investigations Services, LLC

US Investigations Services, LLC

On October 29, 2014, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving US Investigations Services, LLC (USIS), which detected a criminal intrusion in June 2014. The breach potentially compromised personal information including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, usernames, passwords for online accounts, and addresses of a limited number of individuals. The notification letter encouraged affected individuals to utilize complimentary identity theft protection services offered by Kroll Information Assurance.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-47193

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/usis

"id": "usi420072525",
"linkid": "usis",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2014",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Investigations',
                        'name': 'US Investigations Services, LLC (USIS)',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'usernames',
                                              'passwords for online accounts',
                                              'addresses']},
 'date_detected': 'June 2014',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': 'October 29, 2014',
 'description': 'A data breach involving US Investigations Services, LLC '
                '(USIS) detected a criminal intrusion in June 2014, '
                'potentially compromising personal information including '
                'names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, usernames, '
                'passwords for online accounts, and addresses of a limited '
                'number of individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'usernames',
                                 'passwords for online accounts',
                                 'addresses']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': 'October 29, 2014',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['Kroll Information Assurance']},
 'title': 'US Investigations Services Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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