The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Beacon Communities, LLC experienced an external system breach involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts between September 28, 2020, and December 23, 2020. Affected individuals include 3,721 in total, with 272 residents from Maine specifically notified on or about August 4, 2021. The compromised information potentially included names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial account information, and Beacon is offering 12 months of identity theft protection services through Kroll.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/beacon-communities-llc
"id": "bea935080425",
"linkid": "beacon-communities-llc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3721,
'industry': 'Real Estate',
'name': 'Beacon Communities, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Accounts',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3721,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial account information']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-04',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Beacon '
'Communities, LLC experienced an external system breach '
'involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts '
'between September 28, 2020, and December 23, 2020. Affected '
'individuals include 3,721 in total, with 272 residents from '
'Maine specifically notified on or about August 4, 2021. The '
'compromised information potentially included names, '
'addresses, Social Security numbers, and financial account '
'information, and Beacon is offering 12 months of identity '
'theft protection services through Kroll.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial account information'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Kroll'},
'title': 'Beacon Communities, LLC Email Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}