Bard Associates, Inc.

The California Attorney General reported a data breach involving Bard Associates, Inc. on January 21, 2022. The breach occurred on January 10, 2022, when an unauthorized third party accessed email accounts, potentially exposing personal information such as names, social security numbers, and brokerage account numbers. The number of affected individuals is currently unknown.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/cb668969-fbe6-42dd-a832-16d44781808f.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/bard-associates-inc.

"id": "bar302072625",
"linkid": "bard-associates-inc.",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'Bard Associates, Inc.', 'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'Numbers'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Brokerage Account Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-01-10',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-01-21',
 'description': 'The California Attorney General reported a data breach '
                'involving Bard Associates, Inc. on January 21, 2022. The '
                'breach occurred on January 10, 2022, when an unauthorized '
                'third party accessed email accounts, potentially exposing '
                'personal information such as names, social security numbers, '
                'and brokerage account numbers. The number of affected '
                'individuals is currently unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Brokerage Account Numbers']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Accounts'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-01-21',
                 'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Third Party',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Bard Associates, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}