GET: Breach News

Ingrid

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).

 
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.
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