The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported on August 24, 2021, that American Freight experienced a data breach due to unauthorized access to employees’ email accounts between November 24, 2020, and December 9, 2020. This breach potentially affected 36,829 individuals and specifically compromised the personal information of 59 Maine residents, including names, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and payment card numbers. American Freight has offered a complimentary one-year membership in credit monitoring and identity protection services through Kroll.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/americanfreight
"id": "ame652072625",
"linkid": "americanfreight",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 36829,
'industry': 'Retail',
'name': 'American Freight',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 36829,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial account numbers',
'Payment card numbers']},
'date_detected': '2021-08-24',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-24',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to employees’ email accounts between '
'November 24, 2020, and December 9, 2020, potentially '
'affecting 36,829 individuals and compromising the personal '
'information of 59 Maine residents.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial account numbers',
'Payment card numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-08-24',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['Kroll']},
'title': 'American Freight Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}