Berkshire Partners LLC reported data breach with the Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation.
An unauthorized activity occurred within company email accounts.
Berkshire Partners detected suspicious activity within an administrative employee’s email account.
The company began working with third-party cybersecurity professionals to investigate the incident.
The breach resulted in the names, Social Security numbers and financial information of certain individuals being compromised.
Berkshire Partners began sending out data breach letters to all affected parties.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/berkshire-partners-llc-announces-data-7998794/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/berkshire-partners
"id": "ber02261022",
"linkid": "berkshire-partners",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "08/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Berkshire Partners LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Social Security '
'numbers',
'Financial '
'information'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial information']},
'description': 'Unauthorized activity occurred within company email accounts, '
'compromising names, Social Security numbers, and financial '
'information of certain individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial information']},
'references': [{'source': 'Massachusetts Office of Consumer Affairs and '
'Business Regulation'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Sending out data breach letters to '
'all affected parties'],
'third_party_assistance': ['Cybersecurity Professionals']},
'title': 'Berkshire Partners LLC Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}