Client 1st Financial

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Client 1st Financial on September 26, 2022. The breach, which occurred on May 5, 2022, was discovered on June 28, 2022, and involved unauthorized access to an employee's email account, potentially affecting 969 individuals, including 1 resident of Rhode Island. Social Security numbers were among the compromised data.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/ff78f6e1-082e-460b-b953-10541b574369.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/client-1st-advisory-group

"id": "cli744080425",
"linkid": "client-1st-advisory-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 969,
                        'industry': 'Finance',
                        'name': 'Client 1st Financial',
                        'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 969,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-06-28',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-09-26',
 'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account, "
                'potentially affecting 969 individuals, including 1 resident '
                'of Rhode Island. Social Security numbers were among the '
                'compromised data.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-09-26',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Client 1st Financial',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}