The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Acclivity Financial, LLC, a subsidiary of Citizens Bank, experienced a data breach involving a phishing attack on October 2, 2020, October 15, 2020, and October 16, 2020. The breach potentially affected 2,695 individuals, including 5 residents of Maine, with compromised information including Social Security Numbers. Identity theft protection services were offered for two years.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/acclivity-financial
"id": "acc400072925",
"linkid": "acclivity-financial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2695,
'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Acclivity Financial, LLC',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2695,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'Numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers'},
'date_detected': ['2020-10-02', '2020-10-15', '2020-10-16'],
'description': 'Acclivity Financial, LLC, a subsidiary of Citizens Bank, '
'experienced a data breach involving a phishing attack on '
'October 2, 2020, October 15, 2020, and October 16, 2020. The '
'breach potentially affected 2,695 individuals, including 5 '
'residents of Maine, with compromised information including '
'Social Security Numbers. Identity theft protection services '
'were offered for two years.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers',
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Acclivity Financial Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}