The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Destination Maternity experienced a data breach on March 20, 2021, which was due to external system compromise (hacking) and affected approximately 93,776 individuals, including 378 Maine residents. The incident potentially exposed names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and possibly bank details for current and former employees. Written notification was provided to affected individuals on August 13, 2021.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/destination-maternity-corporation
"id": "des101072725",
"linkid": "destination-maternity-corporation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 93776,
'industry': 'Retail',
'name': 'Destination Maternity',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'External System Compromise (Hacking)',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 93776,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'Bank details']},
'date_detected': '2021-03-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-13',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Destination Maternity experienced a data breach on March 20, '
'2021, which was due to external system compromise (hacking) '
'and affected approximately 93,776 individuals, including 378 '
'Maine residents. The incident potentially exposed names, '
'addresses, Social Security numbers, and possibly bank details '
'for current and former employees. Written notification was '
'provided to affected individuals on August 13, 2021.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'Bank details']},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Written notification to affected '
'individuals'},
'title': 'Destination Maternity Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}