Some Western Union consumers started receiving a letter from the company last month
It informed them of a data breach that had occurred at a data storage company used by Western Union.
This breach led to exposure of Western Union customer records.
Source: https://wccftech.com/western-union-customer-data-stolen/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/western-union
"id": "wes10197622",
"linkid": "western-union",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "02/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Western Union',
'type': 'Company'}],
'customer_advisories': ['Letters to affected customers'],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer Records']},
'description': 'Some Western Union consumers started receiving a letter from '
'the company last month. It informed them of a data breach '
'that had occurred at a data storage company used by Western '
'Union. This breach led to exposure of Western Union customer '
'records.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer Records']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Letters to affected customers']},
'title': 'Western Union Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}