Walmart Canada was also a victim of a data breach incident of PNI Digital Media, a photo site that collects customers’ payment information for it.
The data breach exposed the card information data of millions of users.
Walmart with the help of Canadian authorities immediately launched an investigation and contacted the customers who were impacted by the breach.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/wal-mart-canada
"id": "wal23425422",
"linkid": "wal-mart-canada",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "07/2015",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'millions',
'industry': 'Retail',
'location': 'Canada',
'name': 'Walmart Canada',
'type': 'Retail'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'millions',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Card information data']},
'description': 'Walmart Canada was a victim of a data breach incident '
'involving PNI Digital Media, a photo site that collects '
'customers’ payment information for it. The data breach '
'exposed the card information data of millions of users.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Card information data'],
'payment_information_risk': True},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Contacted impacted customers'],
'incident_response_plan_activated': True,
'law_enforcement_notified': True,
'third_party_assistance': ['Canadian authorities']},
'title': 'Walmart Canada Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}