Great Companions

Great Companions

On October 19, 2023, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Great Companions. The breach occurred due to unauthorized access to the CommerceV3 e-commerce platform between November 24, 2021, and December 14, 2022. During this period, the personal information of approximately 4,601 individuals may have been compromised, including names, billing addresses, and credit card details, with 42 residents affected in Maine. Identity theft protection services, including 12 months of credit monitoring, were offered to the potentially impacted individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/324dc30e-6bdf-4b37-9ee0-89e725ca08ba.shtml

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

"id": "can945072925",
"linkid": "caninecompanions",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 4601,
                        'industry': 'E-commerce',
                        'name': 'Great Companions',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 4601,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'billing addresses'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Payment Information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-10-19',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-10-19',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to the CommerceV3 e-commerce platform '
                'compromised personal information of approximately 4,601 '
                'individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'billing addresses',
                                 'credit card details'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High',
            'systems_affected': ['CommerceV3 e-commerce platform']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-10-19',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Offered identity theft protection '
                                       'services including 12 months of credit '
                                       'monitoring']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Great Companions',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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