- July 10, 2023: Removed PDF.
- July 17, 2019: Published.
https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v1/news
Get recent data breach news.
Parameters
See query parameters for details on the following parameters:
limit(Default:100)sortoffset
| Parameter | Description | Values |
|---|---|---|
show_on_dashboardQuery |
Specify if the News page should be displayed in the Portfolio Dashboard. | [Boolean]
|
Example Request
curl https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v1/news -u api_token:
Example Response
{
[…]
"results":[
[…]
{
"date":"2019-06-15",
"date_created":"2019-06-16",
"event_type":"Phishing",
"event_type_description":"An attack in which fraudulent email is used to masquerade as an employee or legitimate contact",
"severity":1,
"text":"This company fell victim to a phishing attack, which compromised the personal information of an unknown number of individuals.",
"preview_url":"https://www.examplesource.com/news/security/example-company-discloses-breach/",
"company":{
"guid":"888888aa-88a8-8a88-8a8a-a888a88888a8",
"name":"Example Company"
}
}
]
}
Response Attributes
| Field | Description | |
|---|---|---|
dateString [ YYYY‑MM‑DD] |
The date when the news article was published and when the event will begin to impact the rating. | |
date_createdString [ YYYY‑MM‑DD] |
The date when the event was logged into the Bitsight Security Ratings Platform. | |
event_typeString |
A designation that categorizes the data breach (incident type). |
|
event_type_descriptionString |
An account of what occurred, in accordance with the incident type. | |
severityInteger |
An assessment of the seriousness of the security incident. Values: |
|
textString |
An account of what occurred. | |
preview_urlString |
The URL web address of the source news article. | |
companyObject |
Contains the details of the affected company. | |
guidString [ entity_guid] |
The unique identifier of the affected company. | |
nameString |
The name of the affected company. | |