American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported on January 19, 2021, that the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLUM) experienced a data breach involving inadvertent disclosure of personal information on its website. The breach, discovered on December 7, 2020, potentially affected 4 individuals, including 1 resident of Maine, with Social Security Numbers identified as the type of compromised information.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/b8d11ba2-6164-4f10-8adf-d63030df8dc4.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/aclum

"id": "acl235072825",
"linkid": "aclum",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2012",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 4,
                        'industry': 'Civil Liberties',
                        'location': 'Massachusetts',
                        'name': 'American Civil Liberties Union of '
                                'Massachusetts',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 4,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'Numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers'},
 'date_detected': '2020-12-07',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-01-19',
 'description': 'The American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts (ACLUM) '
                'experienced a data breach involving inadvertent disclosure of '
                'personal information on its website.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-01-19',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'ACLUM Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}