Anchor General Insurance Agency, Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Anchor General Insurance Agency, Inc. experienced a data breach on August 3, 2020, affecting 38,069 individuals. The breach involved unauthorized access to an employee's email account, potentially compromising driver’s license numbers or non-driver identification card numbers. The incident was discovered on October 14, 2020, and identity theft protection services were offered for twelve months.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/275e828c-7b82-4299-b4de-e996761c121f.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/anchor-general-insurance-agency

"id": "anc750072825",
"linkid": "anchor-general-insurance-agency",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 38069,
                        'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'name': 'Anchor General Insurance Agency, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Insurance Agency'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 38069,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Driver’s License Numbers',
                                              'Non-Driver Identification Card '
                                              'Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2020-10-14',
 'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account "
                'potentially compromising driver’s license numbers or '
                'non-driver identification card numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Driver’s License Numbers',
                                 'Non-Driver Identification Card Numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Identity Theft Protection Services '
                                       'Offered']},
 'title': 'Anchor General Insurance Agency Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access'}