Gateway Financial Solutions

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Gateway Financial Solutions experienced an external system breach (hacking) leading to unauthorized access to their network between November 12, 2020, and December 6, 2020. The breach was reported on October 27, 2021, affecting a total of 53,801 individuals, with 5 residents specifically from Maine. Identity theft protection services were offered in the form of complimentary credit monitoring for 12 months if a Social Security Number was impacted.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f4987194-dd74-4a1c-83f3-bcd8fb031cd2.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/gateway-financial-solutions

"id": "gat509072725",
"linkid": "gateway-financial-solutions",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 53801,
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'Gateway Financial Solutions',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 53801,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
                                                         'Numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-10-27',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Gateway Financial Solutions experienced an external system '
                'breach (hacking) leading to unauthorized access to their '
                'network between November 12, 2020, and December 6, 2020. The '
                'breach was reported on October 27, 2021, affecting a total of '
                '53,801 individuals, with 5 residents specifically from Maine. '
                'Identity theft protection services were offered in the form '
                'of complimentary credit monitoring for 12 months if a Social '
                'Security Number was impacted.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-10-27',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Complimentary credit monitoring for 12 '
                                       'months']},
 'title': 'Gateway Financial Solutions Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}