Zacks Investment Research, Inc.

Zacks Investment Research, Inc.

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Zacks Investment Research on February 9, 2023. The breach involved unauthorized access to customer names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and Zacks.com passwords, although no financial information was compromised. The breach occurred between November 2021 and August 2022, according to Zacks.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-562933

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/zacksinvestmentresearch

"id": "zac733072825",
"linkid": "zacksinvestmentresearch",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Zacks Investment Research',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Customer names',
                                                         'Addresses',
                                                         'Phone numbers',
                                                         'Email addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Phone numbers',
                                              'Email addresses',
                                              'Zacks.com passwords']},
 'date_detected': '2023-02-09',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-02-09',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Zacks Investment Research on February 9, '
                '2023. The breach involved unauthorized access to customer '
                'names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, and '
                'Zacks.com passwords, although no financial information was '
                'compromised. The breach occurred between November 2021 and '
                'August 2022, according to Zacks.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Phone numbers',
                                 'Email addresses',
                                 'Zacks.com passwords']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-02-09',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Zacks Investment Research',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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