Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-07-19 00:00:00
Affected organization: ComplyRight
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Cloud-based human resources company ComplyRight reveals that a security breach of its Web site may have compromised sensitive consumer information ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¢ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¢'ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¬ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''" including names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses and Social Security numbers ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â 'ÃÆÃ'ÃÂ¢Ã¢'Â¬ÃÂ 'ÃÆÃ'Ãâ ''ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¢ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¢'ÃÆÃ''ÃÆ'Ã'ÃÂ¬ÃÆÃ'Ãâ 'ÃÆÃ¢â¬Â ''" from tax forms submitted by the company's thousands of clients on behalf of employees.