Equity Bank

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Equity Bank experienced a data breach on November 1, 2021, potentially affecting 137,950 individuals, including 22 Maine residents. The breach involved unauthorized access to personal information, including names, addresses, and financial account numbers. Equity Bank is providing identity theft protection services through Kroll for twelve months at no cost to affected individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/a33c1dc9-99f2-42f8-991c-f6c5bc02cc57.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/equitybank

"id": "equ451072825",
"linkid": "equitybank",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 137950,
                        'industry': 'Banking',
                        'name': 'Equity Bank',
                        'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 137950,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'addresses'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Financial Information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-11-01',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Equity '
                'Bank experienced a data breach on November 1, 2021, '
                'potentially affecting 137,950 individuals, including 22 Maine '
                'residents. The breach involved unauthorized access to '
                'personal information, including names, addresses, and '
                'financial account numbers. Equity Bank is providing identity '
                'theft protection services through Kroll for twelve months at '
                'no cost to affected individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'financial account numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Identity theft protection services for '
                                      '12 months',
              'third_party_assistance': 'Kroll'},
 'title': 'Equity Bank Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}