The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Chipotle Mexican Grill on October 29, 2020, following unauthorized access to employee email accounts from January 19 to January 21, 2020. The breach potentially affected 5,440 individuals, including 19 Maine residents whose Social Security numbers were compromised. Chipotle is offering affected individuals a complimentary one-year membership in identity theft protection services through Experian.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/chipotle-mexican-grill
"id": "chi314072925",
"linkid": "chipotle-mexican-grill",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 5440,
'industry': 'Food and Beverage',
'location': 'Multiple Locations',
'name': 'Chipotle Mexican Grill',
'type': 'Restaurant Chain'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 5440,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2020-10-29',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-10-29',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts potentially '
'affecting 5,440 individuals, including 19 Maine residents '
'whose Social Security numbers were compromised.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-10-29',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Complimentary one-year membership in '
'identity theft protection services'],
'third_party_assistance': 'Experian'},
'title': 'Chipotle Mexican Grill Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Accounts'}