The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Green Mountain Electric Supply, Inc. experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts, which may have compromised personal information including Social Security Numbers. The breach occurred between January 25 and January 30, 2022, and was reported on July 8, 2022, affecting a total of 192 individuals.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/green-mountain-electric-supply
"id": "gre612072625",
"linkid": "green-mountain-electric-supply",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 192,
'industry': 'Electric Supply',
'name': 'Green Mountain Electric Supply, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 192,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2022-01-25',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-07-08',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts, potentially '
'compromising personal information including Social Security '
'Numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
'systems_affected': ['Employee Email Accounts']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-07-08',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Green Mountain Electric Supply, Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}