The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Festo Corporation on May 1, 2021. The breach occurred between February 17, 2021, and February 24, 2021, due to unauthorized access to an employee's Microsoft 365 account resulting from a phishing attack. The breach potentially compromised the driver's license information of 356 individuals, albeit only 2 residents were specifically affected.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/festo-usa
"id": "fes543072725",
"linkid": "festo-usa",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2,
'name': 'Festo Corporation',
'type': 'Corporation'}],
'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 356,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': "Driver's license information"},
'date_detected': '2021-05-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-05-01',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Festo Corporation on May 1, 2021. The breach '
'occurred between February 17, 2021, and February 24, 2021, '
"due to unauthorized access to an employee's Microsoft 365 "
'account resulting from a phishing attack. The breach '
"potentially compromised the driver's license information of "
'356 individuals, albeit only 2 residents were specifically '
'affected.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Driver's license information"],
'systems_affected': ['Microsoft 365 account']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Phishing attack'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Unauthorized access to an '
"employee's Microsoft 365 account"},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-05-01',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Festo Corporation',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized access to Microsoft 365 account'}