The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Digital Prospectors Corp. (DPC) on January 19, 2023. The breach, which occurred on September 26, 2022, involved unauthorized access to an employee laptop affecting a total of 553 individuals, including 7 Maine residents. Potentially compromised information included names, Social Security numbers, and financial account details.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/digital-prospectors
"id": "dig051072425",
"linkid": "digital-prospectors",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 553,
'name': 'Digital Prospectors Corp.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 553,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial account details']},
'date_detected': '2022-09-26',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-01-19',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to an employee laptop affecting 553 '
'individuals, including 7 Maine residents. Potentially '
'compromised information included names, Social Security '
'numbers, and financial account details.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers',
'Financial account details'],
'systems_affected': ['Employee Laptop']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-01-19',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Digital Prospectors Corp.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}