Verizon Communications

The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported on February 8, 2024, that Verizon Communications experienced a data breach on or around September 21, 2023. The breach involved unauthorized access to employee personal information, potentially affecting individuals' names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, and compensation information. The number of individuals affected has not been disclosed.

Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2024-02-08-verizon-communications-data-breach-notice-consumers

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

"id": "ver948072625",
"linkid": "verizon",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Telecommunications',
                        'name': 'Verizon Communications',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'compensation information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-09-21',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-02-08',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee personal information, '
                "potentially affecting individuals' names, Social Security "
                'numbers, dates of birth, and compensation information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'compensation information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-02-08',
                 'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Verizon Communications Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}