The Maine Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving BackNine Insurance and Financial Services, Inc. on August 18, 2021. The breach, discovered on July 12, 2021, was due to a coding error that inadvertently exposed personal information, including Social Security Numbers, of approximately 30,519 individuals, with 73 residents affected in Maine. Identity theft protection services were offered to those impacted.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/backnine-insurance
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2015",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 30519,
'industry': 'Insurance and Financial Services',
'name': 'BackNine Insurance and Financial Services, '
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'attack_vector': 'Coding Error',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 30519,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
'Numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2021-07-12',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-18',
'description': 'A data breach at BackNine Insurance and Financial Services, '
'Inc. exposed personal information, including Social Security '
'Numbers, of approximately 30,519 individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Coding Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-08-18',
'source': "Maine Attorney General's Office"}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Identity theft protection services '
'offered']},
'title': 'Data Breach at BackNine Insurance and Financial Services, Inc.',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Coding Error'}