Germain Automotive Partnership, Inc.

On June 1, 2022, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Germain Automotive Partnership, Inc. (GAP). The breach occurred between November 28, 2021, and April 12, 2022, due to unauthorized access to a print server, potentially exposing personal information such as names and Social Security numbers for approximately 2 Maine residents out of a total of 2,990 affected individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/2ef0eea4-3280-4b0f-9c18-5bf7f7409f6c.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/germain-automotive-partnership

"id": "ger407072525",
"linkid": "germain-automotive-partnership",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2990,
                        'industry': 'Automotive',
                        'name': 'Germain Automotive Partnership, Inc. (GAP)',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2990,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-04-12',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-06-01',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to a print server potentially exposed '
                'personal information such as names and Social Security '
                'numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['Print Server']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-06-01',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Germain Automotive Partnership Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}