Guardian Community Trust, Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Guardian Community Trust, Inc. experienced an external system breach (hacking) on June 15, 2021, impacting 21 Maine residents. The breach, discovered on July 21, 2021, potentially compromised personal information, including Social Security numbers, and the organization provided written notice to affected individuals on August 18, 2021, along with offering 5 years of Identity Restoration and Credit Monitoring Services through Experian.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/d3898946-95de-4427-a63a-df6c36c3adad.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/guardian-trust-company

"id": "gua347072625",
"linkid": "guardian-trust-company",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 21,
                        'location': 'Maine',
                        'name': 'Guardian Community Trust, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 21,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-07-21',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-18',
 'description': 'Guardian Community Trust, Inc. experienced an external system '
                'breach (hacking) on June 15, 2021, impacting 21 Maine '
                'residents. The breach, discovered on July 21, 2021, '
                'potentially compromised personal information, including '
                'Social Security numbers, and the organization provided '
                'written notice to affected individuals on August 18, 2021, '
                'along with offering 5 years of Identity Restoration and '
                'Credit Monitoring Services through Experian.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Written notice to affected '
                                        'individuals',
              'third_party_assistance': ['Experian']},
 'title': 'Guardian Community Trust, Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}