GET: Breach News – Bitsight Knowledge Base

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)
sort
offset

Parameter Values

show_on_dashboard

[Query] Specify if the News page should be displayed in the Portfolio Dashboard.

[Boolean]

true = Display cybersecurity news in the Portfolio Dashboard.
false = Hide cybersecurity news in the Portfolio Dashboard.

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
date String [`YYYY‑MM‑DD`]		The date when the news article was published and when the event will begin to impact the rating.
date_created String [`YYYY‑MM‑DD`]		The date when the event was logged into the Bitsight Security Ratings Platform.
event_type String		A designation that categorizes the data breach (incident type). Breach Security Incidents General Security Incidents Other Disclosures
event_type_description String		An account of what occurred, in accordance with the incident type.
severity Integer		The severity of the event, which is determined by the number of points lost from the rating. Values: `0` = Informational `1` = Minor `2` = Moderate `3` = Severe
text String		An account of what occurred.
preview_url String		The URL web address of the source news article.
company Object		Contains the details of the affected company.
	guid String [`entity_guid`]	The unique identifier of the affected company.
	name String	The name of the affected company.

October 19, 2023: Redefined Security Incident severity and linked to resource.
July 10, 2023: Removed PDF.
July 17, 2019: Published.

Parameters

Example Request

Example Response

Response Attributes

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