Forward Bank

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Forward Bank on November 17, 2023. The breach occurred on September 6, 2023, due to an external system breach (hacking) affecting 46,019 individuals, with compromised data including driver's license numbers.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/49a5cb03-3afe-4534-aa3f-2a04107baa2e.shtml

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

"id": "for155072725",
"linkid": "forwardbankwi",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 46019,
                        'industry': 'Banking',
                        'name': 'Forward Bank',
                        'type': 'Financial Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 46019,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': "Driver's license numbers"},
 'date_detected': '2023-09-06',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-11-17',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Forward Bank on November 17, 2023. The '
                'breach occurred on September 6, 2023, due to an external '
                'system breach (hacking) affecting 46,019 individuals, with '
                "compromised data including driver's license numbers.",
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Driver's license numbers"]},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-11-17',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Forward Bank Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}