Vera Bradley

Vera Bradley informed, law enforcement that they had discovered a potential data security breach in their retail shop network.

Vera Bradley immediately initiated an investigation with the help of a prominent computer security firm to gather evidence and identify the breadth of the problem and contacted the payment card networks.

Affected Customers were advised to remain watchful against the possibility of fraud by examining their credit card statements on a regular basis for any illegal activity.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/alerted-by-law-enforcement-vera-bradley-discloses-payment-card-security-breach/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/vera-bradley

"id": "ver23557622",
"linkid": "vera-bradley",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Retail',
                        'name': 'Vera Bradley',
                        'type': 'Retailer'}],
 'customer_advisories': ['monitor credit card statements for illegal activity'],
 'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'high',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['payment card information']},
 'description': 'Vera Bradley informed law enforcement that they had '
                'discovered a potential data security breach in their retail '
                'shop network.',
 'impact': {'payment_information_risk': ['high']},
 'investigation_status': 'ongoing',
 'response': {'communication_strategy': ['advised customers to monitor their '
                                         'credit card statements'],
              'incident_response_plan_activated': True,
              'law_enforcement_notified': True,
              'third_party_assistance': ['prominent computer security firm']},
 'title': 'Data Security Breach at Vera Bradley',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}