On January 11, 2022, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach at Harder+Company Community Research that occurred between April 17, 2021, and August 12, 2021, due to unauthorized access to email accounts. The breach affected a total of 6,762 individuals, with potential exposure of personal information including driver's licenses. Identity theft protection services were offered to affected individuals.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/harder-company-community-research
"id": "har404080425",
"linkid": "harder-company-community-research",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 6762,
'industry': 'Research',
'name': 'Harder+Company Community Research',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Accounts',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 6762,
'personally_identifiable_information': ["Driver's Licenses"],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ["Driver's Licenses"]},
'date_detected': '2022-01-11',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-01-11',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to email accounts resulting in potential '
"exposure of personal information including driver's licenses.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Driver's Licenses"],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': ['Email Accounts']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-01-11',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'recovery_measures': ['Identity Theft Protection Services '
'Offered']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Harder+Company Community Research',
'type': 'Data Breach'}