American College of Emergency Physicians

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) on April 9, 2021. The breach occurred between April 8, 2020, and September 21, 2020, due to an external system breach (hacking) that potentially affected 70,349 individuals, including 808 Maine residents. Personally identifiable information potentially compromised includes names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and payment card information.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/a30641cd-7502-468a-a80d-ca1f7b2b1734.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/american-college-of-emergency-physicians

"id": "ame509072625",
"linkid": "american-college-of-emergency-physicians",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 70349,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'American College of Emergency Physicians '
                                '(ACEP)',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 70349,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'Payment card information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-04-09',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-04-09',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving the American College of Emergency Physicians '
                '(ACEP) on April 9, 2021. The breach occurred between April 8, '
                '2020, and September 21, 2020, due to an external system '
                'breach (hacking) that potentially affected 70,349 '
                'individuals, including 808 Maine residents. Personally '
                'identifiable information potentially compromised includes '
                'names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and payment card '
                'information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Payment card information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-04-09',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP)',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}