The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Golden Entertainment on September 24, 2021. The breach occurred on January 24, 2021, when unauthorized access to the network was detected, leading to the compromise of Social Security numbers and affecting a total of 21,912 individuals, including six (6) Maine residents. Written notices were provided to the affected individuals starting September 24, 2021, and identity theft protection services were offered for 12 months through Kroll.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/golden-ent
"id": "gol112072625",
"linkid": "golden-ent",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 21912,
'industry': 'Entertainment',
'name': 'Golden Entertainment',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'customer_advisories': 'Identity theft protection services offered for 12 '
'months through Kroll',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 21912,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security numbers'},
'date_detected': '2021-01-24',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-09-24',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to the network led to the compromise of '
'Social Security numbers affecting 21,912 individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-09-24',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Written notices provided to affected '
'individuals',
'third_party_assistance': ['Kroll']},
'title': 'Golden Entertainment Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}