Zacks Investment Research, Inc.

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported on January 24, 2023, that Zacks Investment Research, Inc. experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to a database affecting 18,815 Washington residents. The breach likely occurred between November 2021 and August 2022 and compromised personal information such as names, addresses, email addresses, and passwords, although no financial information was involved.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=14546

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"id": "zac352072625",
"linkid": "zacksinvestmentresearch",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 18815,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Zacks Investment Research, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 18815,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'email addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'email addresses',
                                              'passwords']},
 'date_detected': '2023-01-24',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-01-24',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to a database affecting 18,815 Washington '
                'residents, compromising personal information such as names, '
                'addresses, email addresses, and passwords.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'passwords']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-01-24',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Zacks Investment Research Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}