Forward Air Corporation

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Forward Air Corporation experienced a data breach due to external hacking that occurred between June 20, 2020, and June 26, 2020. The breach potentially involved access to Social Security numbers, affecting a total of 3,464 individuals, including one resident from Maine. Written notification was sent to the affected individuals on November 11, 2020, and identity theft protection services were offered for 12 months through Kroll.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/fa4b4414-b9f0-48bd-a91b-04ad59bdfb94.shtml

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/forward-air

"id": "for243072625",
"linkid": "forward-air",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3464,
                        'industry': 'Transportation and Logistics',
                        'name': 'Forward Air Corporation',
                        'type': 'Corporation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3464,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security numbers'},
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-11-11',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Forward Air Corporation experienced a data breach due to '
                'external hacking that occurred between June 20, 2020, and '
                'June 26, 2020. The breach potentially involved access to '
                'Social Security numbers, affecting a total of 3,464 '
                'individuals, including one resident from Maine. Written '
                'notification was sent to the affected individuals on November '
                '11, 2020, and identity theft protection services were offered '
                'for 12 months through Kroll.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Written notification to affected '
                                        'individuals',
              'third_party_assistance': ['Kroll']},
 'title': 'Forward Air Corporation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}