The California Office of the Attorney General reported that Harder+Company Community Research experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to email accounts between April 17, 2021, and August 12, 2021, with the breach notification reported on January 11, 2022. The compromised information may include full names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, and health insurance information, but the total number of individuals affected remains unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-549883
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/harder-company-community-research
"id": "har337080425",
"linkid": "harder-company-community-research",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Research',
'name': 'Harder+Company Community Research',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
'Health Information']},
'date_detected': '2021-04-17',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-01-11',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to email accounts resulting in potential '
'exposure of personal and health information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Full names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security Numbers',
'Health insurance information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-01-11',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Harder+Company Community Research Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}