The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Clean Harbors Inc. on December 15, 2020, stemming from an external hacking incident between August 27, 2020, and September 2, 2020. The breach potentially affected 772 individuals, including the exposure of Social Security numbers, and identity theft protection services were offered to those impacted.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/clean-harbors
"id": "cle515072625",
"linkid": "clean-harbors",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 772,
'industry': 'Environmental Services',
'location': 'Maine',
'name': 'Clean Harbors Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'External Hacking',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 772,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2020-12-15',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-12-15',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Clean Harbors Inc. on December 15, 2020, '
'stemming from an external hacking incident between August 27, '
'2020, and September 2, 2020. The breach potentially affected '
'772 individuals, including the exposure of Social Security '
'numbers, and identity theft protection services were offered '
'to those impacted.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-12-15',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Clean Harbors Inc.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}