The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Veritex Holdings, Inc. on January 11, 2021. The breach occurred due to unauthorized access to employee email accounts between April 2, 2020, and April 27, 2020, potentially affecting personal information, though the exact types of information compromised are unspecified. The investigation revealed no known misuse of the personal information to date.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-198391
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/veritex-community-bank
"id": "ver825072725",
"linkid": "veritex-community-bank",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Veritex Holdings, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'date_detected': '2021-01-11',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-01-11',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts potentially '
'affecting personal information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information'],
'systems_affected': ['Email Accounts']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-01-11',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Veritex Holdings, Inc.',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Accounts'}