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Personal Information (PII)

49 of the 76 analyses in Data Breaches carry this tag. All 49 are scored against the four invariants; the matrix below is that evidence.

How this tag scores against the four invariants

BreachHSFPECEGRSCA
Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) Ransomware Breach
Marriott International Data Breach of 2018
Target Data Breach 2013
Anthem Data Breach Incident Analysis
Yahoo Data Breach August 2013
Yum! Brands Ransomware Data Breach
Office of Personnel Management Data Breach 2015
JPMorgan Chase Data Breach
Fujitsu Malware Attack 2024
2017 Equifax Data Breach
eBay Data Breach Analysis
Indian Council of Medical Research Data Breach 2023
PharMerica Data Breach March 2023
Greece Government Data Breach 2012
Army National Guard Salt Typhoon Network Compromise (March–December 2024)
TJX Companies Inc. Data Breach
Conduent Business Services Data Breach (January 2025)
Discord Data Breach March 2023
National Public Data Breach of April 2024
Activision HR Data Breach 2023
PowerSchool Student Information System Data Breach (December 2024)
U-Haul Data Breach
Chick-fil-A Data Breach March 2023
MailChimp January 2023 Data Breach
Norton Life Lock Credential Stuffing Data Breach
Capital One Data Breach 2019
2016 Uber Data Breach
ChatGPT Data Breach
MOVEit Data Breach June 2023
MySpace Data Breach
Samsung Data Breach November 2023
Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America Data Breach (July 2025)
NCB Management Services Data Breach February 2023
Qantas Airways Customer Data Breach (June 2025)
Tesla Massive Data Breach
T-Mobile January 2023 Data Breach
Sina Weibo Data Breach 2020
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Data Breach
2014 Uber Data Breach
Facebook Data Breach 2019
Real Estate Wealth Network Data Breach
DuoLingo Data Breach August 2023
Pegasus Airlines Data Exposure
LinkedIn Data Scraping Incident
Alibaba Taobao Data Breach
Deep Root Analytics Data Breach
Australian Immigration Department G20 Data Breach
Court Ventures (Experian) Data Breach
California Department of Child Support Services Data Breach

HSF · PEC · EGR · SCA — filled where the invariant would have prevented or contained the breach

075

Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America Data Breach (July 2025)

A threat actor used social engineering to access a third-party cloud-based CRM used by Allianz Life Insurance Company of North America and exfiltrated sensitive personal information. The incident affected approximately 1.5 million customers, financial professionals, and select employees, with exposed data potentially including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, email addresses, and phone numbers. The responsible threat actor or group was not confirmed, although the breach was linked in reporting to a broader campaign associated with ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider, and UNC6040.

074

Qantas Airways Customer Data Breach (June 2025)

An attacker socially engineered an overseas contact-centre agent into authorizing an attacker-controlled data-extraction application against the agent’s legitimate CRM access. Approximately 5.7 million unique Qantas customer records were affected, including names, email addresses, Frequent Flyer information and, for subsets, addresses, dates of birth, phone numbers, gender and meal preferences. Qantas said passwords, PINs, payment, financial, passport and Frequent Flyer login data were not accessed. The initial intruder attribution was not confirmed; later reporting identified Scattered Lapsus$ Hunters as the collective that reportedly published some records after extortion activity.

073

Conduent Business Services Data Breach (January 2025)

Contained by: EGR

Conduent Business Services discovered unauthorized access to a limited portion of its environment on January 13, 2025, after access that began on October 21, 2024. The actor exfiltrated client-associated files containing personal, medical, health-insurance, claims, and Social Security information; SafePay claimed responsibility and alleged theft of 8.5 terabytes, but the role and volume were not independently confirmed. Publicly reported impact reached at least 25 million people, while later HHS OCR figures and state reports remained inconsistent and unresolved.

072

PowerSchool Student Information System Data Breach (December 2024)

Prevented by: HSF

An unauthorized party used a compromised credential with password-only access to the PowerSource customer-support portal and exported student and teacher data from PowerSchool SIS environments. Exposed information varied by customer and could include names, contact details, dates of birth, addresses, SSNs or SINs, medical information, grades, parent or guardian data, and passwords. DOJ-related reporting placed the affected population at approximately 62 million individuals, although other reported figures were not reconciled. Matthew D. Lane later pleaded guilty to conduct related to the breach, while subsequent extortion attempts indicated that stolen data may have remained available.

069

National Public Data Breach of April 2024

Prevented by: HSF

In April 2024, National Public Data experienced a significant breach that exposed Social Security Numbers, addresses, and phone numbers of hundreds of millions of Americans. This breach, attributed to a security lapse involving administrative credential exposure, allowed unauthorized access to up to 2.9 billion records. The threat actor identified as USDoD exploited this vulnerability, selling the compromised data on the dark web.

067

Army National Guard Salt Typhoon Network Compromise (March–December 2024)

Prevented by: EGR · Contained by: HSF

A PRC-associated Salt Typhoon actor extensively compromised the Army National Guard network of an unidentified U.S. state from March through December 2024. The actor reportedly accessed or exfiltrated administrator credentials, network configurations and diagrams, a geographic map, and service-member personally identifiable information, while collecting configuration and traffic involving Guard networks in every other state and at least four territories. NJCCIC reported entry through a weakly configured remote-access service, followed by lateral spread and control of several privileged accounts, although the complete attack chain was not publicly established.

066

Fujitsu Malware Attack 2024

Prevented by: PEC, EGR

In March 2024, Fujitsu experienced a significant cybersecurity breach involving malware on its corporate network. The incident potentially exposed customer information, though there is no evidence of data misuse. The malware used sophisticated evasion techniques, indicating a high level of attacker skill, but the threat actors remain unidentified. The breach primarily affected Fujitsu’s operations in Japan, impacting 49 computers.

064

U-Haul Data Breach

Prevented by: HSF

In December 2023, unauthorized access to U-Haul systems occurred via stolen credentials, affecting approximately 67,000 customers. The breach exposed personal information including names and driver’s license numbers, posing identity theft risks. The precise actors behind the attack remain unidentified, highlighting challenges in credential security.

061

Samsung Data Breach November 2023

A vulnerability in a third-party application used by Samsung led to a data breach affecting UK customers who made purchases via the Samsung UK online store. The breach exposed personal information including names, phone numbers, postal addresses, and emails. The unauthorized access was the result of exploiting the vulnerability, with the specifics around the threat actors and exact details remaining undisclosed.

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