CWGS Group

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving CWGS Group on November 3, 2022. The breach occurred from January 14, 2022, to February 13, 2022, due to external system hacking, affecting a total of 30,172 individuals, including 51 residents of Maine. The compromised information included Social Security Numbers.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/cf468337-ba04-4eac-b5ff-5f8350fd9183.shtml

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

"id": "cwg419072525",
"linkid": "cwgs",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 30172,
                        'name': 'CWGS Group',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 30172,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-11-03',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-11-03',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving CWGS Group ("CWGS") on November 3, 2022. The '
                'breach occurred from January 14, 2022, to February 13, 2022, '
                'due to external system hacking, affecting a total of 30,172 '
                'individuals, including 51 residents of Maine. The compromised '
                'information included Social Security Numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-11-03',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'CWGS Group Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}