The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Western Union Financial Services, Inc. experienced a data breach on December 24, 2020, due to a compromised file transfer service provided by its vendor, Accellion. The breach was reported on March 17, 2021, but the number of affected individuals and specific types of information compromised remain unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-539192
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/western-union
"id": "wes838072925",
"linkid": "western-union",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2020",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Western Union Financial Services, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Compromised File Transfer Service',
'date_detected': '2020-12-24',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-03-17',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Western Union Financial Services, Inc. experienced a data '
'breach on December 24, 2020, due to a compromised file '
'transfer service provided by its vendor, Accellion. The '
'breach was reported on March 17, 2021, but the number of '
'affected individuals and specific types of information '
'compromised remain unknown.',
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Western Union Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Vendor Service (Accellion)'}