Veracyte, Inc.

On March 3, 2023, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Veracyte, Inc. The incident occurred on January 27, 2023, due to a spear-phishing attack, affecting one Maine resident whose Social Security number was disclosed.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e17d368e-e50f-4ae8-b1f5-aaf6bcbbe1b9.shtml

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

"id": "ver200072925",
"linkid": "veracyte",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
                        'name': 'Veracyte, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Spear-phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'number',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security number'},
 'date_detected': '2023-01-27',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-03-03',
 'description': 'A data breach occurred at Veracyte, Inc. due to a '
                'spear-phishing attack, affecting one Maine resident whose '
                'Social Security number was disclosed.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security number']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-03-03',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Veracyte, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}