The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation (DGOC) experienced a data breach on November 25, 2020, due to a malware infection affecting approximately 43,529 individuals, including 23 residents of Maine. The breach involved unauthorized access to Social Security Numbers and resulted in the offering of 24 months of free credit monitoring services through IDX.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/diversified-gas-&-oil-corporation
"id": "div320072525",
"linkid": "diversified-gas-&-oil-corporation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 43529,
'industry': 'Energy',
'name': 'Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation',
'type': 'Corporation'}],
'attack_vector': 'Malware Infection',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 43529,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'Numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers'},
'date_detected': '2020-11-25',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
'Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation (DGOC) experienced a data '
'breach on November 25, 2020, due to a malware infection '
'affecting approximately 43,529 individuals, including 23 '
'residents of Maine. The breach involved unauthorized access '
'to Social Security Numbers and resulted in the offering of 24 '
'months of free credit monitoring services through IDX.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Offering 24 months of free credit '
'monitoring services through IDX']},
'title': 'Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}