The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Eastern Propane & Oil on September 15, 2021. The breach, discovered between March 22, 2021 and March 29, 2021, was due to a hacking incident affecting 983 individuals, including 102 Maine residents, with compromised information including names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, and financial account information. Eastern provided identity theft protection services for 24 months through Kroll.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/eastern-propane-&-oil
"id": "eas620072825",
"linkid": "eastern-propane-&-oil",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 983,
'industry': 'Energy',
'name': 'Eastern Propane & Oil',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Hacking',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 983,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
"driver's license numbers",
'financial account information']},
'date_detected': 'March 22, 2021 - March 29, 2021',
'date_publicly_disclosed': 'September 15, 2021',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Eastern Propane & Oil on September 15, 2021. '
'The breach, discovered between March 22, 2021 and March 29, '
'2021, was due to a hacking incident affecting 983 '
'individuals, including 102 Maine residents, with compromised '
'information including names, Social Security numbers, '
"driver's license numbers, and financial account information. "
'Eastern provided identity theft protection services for 24 '
'months through Kroll.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
"driver's license numbers",
'financial account information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': 'September 15, 2021',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Kroll'},
'title': 'Eastern Propane & Oil Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}