Assured Relocation, Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Assured Relocation, Inc. experienced a data breach resulting from unauthorized access to an employee’s email account on May 4, 2021. The breach affected 850 individuals, with personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, potentially exposed for at least two residents in Maine. Notification letters were sent on March 3, 2022, informing affected individuals and offering a one-year membership for identity theft protection services through Experian.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/5130c794-3c64-4d5c-8097-240e6237e529.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/assured-relocation

"id": "ass304072525",
"linkid": "assured-relocation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 850,
                        'industry': 'Relocation Services',
                        'name': 'Assured Relocation, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'customer_advisories': 'Notification letters sent on March 3, 2022, offering '
                        'a one-year membership for identity theft protection '
                        'services through Experian',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 850,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-05-04',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-03-03',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to an employee’s email account resulting '
                'in a data breach affecting 850 individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification letters sent to affected '
                                        'individuals'},
 'title': 'Assured Relocation, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}