Wyndham Capital Mortgage, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Wyndham Capital Mortgage, Inc. on October 16, 2020. The breach, which occurred on September 18, 2020, was due to a user error that resulted in an email containing personal information being sent to the wrong recipient. Approximately 1 individual was affected, with compromised information including names, Social Security numbers, email addresses, and loan data.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-195226

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/wyndham-capital-mortgage

"id": "wyn254072825",
"linkid": "wyndham-capital-mortgage",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Wyndham Capital Mortgage, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'User Error',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'email addresses',
                                              'loan data']},
 'date_detected': '2020-09-18',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-10-16',
 'description': 'A data breach occurred due to a user error resulting in an '
                'email containing personal information being sent to the wrong '
                'recipient.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'loan data']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'User Error'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-10-16',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Wyndham Capital Mortgage, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}