BECU

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving BECU on July 25, 2022. The breach occurred between May 18, 2022, and June 2, 2022, due to an external system breach (hacking), affecting a total of 344,725 individuals, including 45 Maine residents. The information compromised included Social Security numbers, and identity theft protection services were offered.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/d60746ac-15bf-49ce-bc64-c15171874102.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/becu

"id": "bec327072625",
"linkid": "becu",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 344725,
                        'industry': 'Finance',
                        'name': 'BECU',
                        'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 344725,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-07-25',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-07-25',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving BECU on July 25, 2022. The breach occurred '
                'between May 18, 2022, and June 2, 2022, due to an external '
                'system breach (hacking), affecting a total of 344,725 '
                'individuals, including 45 Maine residents. The information '
                'compromised included Social Security numbers, and identity '
                'theft protection services were offered.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-07-25',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Identity theft protection services '
                                       'offered']},
 'title': 'BECU Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}