The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Diversified Financial Services, LLC (DFS) experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to an employee's email account due to a phishing attack. The breach occurred between March 19, 2021, and June 14, 2021, affecting a total of 3,531 individuals, with 4 residents from Maine specifically impacted. The compromised information included driver's license numbers.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/diversified-financial-services-inc.
"id": "div432072825",
"linkid": "diversified-financial-services-inc.",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3531,
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Diversified Financial Services, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3531,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ["Driver's License Numbers"]},
'date_detected': '2021-06-14',
'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account due to a "
'phishing attack.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Driver's License Numbers"],
'systems_affected': ['Email Account']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Phishing Attack'},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Diversified Financial Services, LLC',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}