The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Hart & Patterson Financial Group on October 29, 2020. The breach occurred on June 11, 2020, when an unauthorized third party accessed an employee email account, potentially exposing Social Security numbers of 1,027 individuals, including 13 Rhode Island residents. Identity theft protection services were offered to affected individuals through Experian for one year.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/hart-patterson-financial-group
"id": "har926080425",
"linkid": "hart-patterson-financial-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1027,
'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Hart & Patterson Financial Group',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1027,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2020-10-29',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-10-29',
'description': 'Unauthorized third party accessed an employee email account, '
'potentially exposing Social Security numbers of 1,027 '
'individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-10-29',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['Experian']},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Third Party',
'title': 'Data Breach at Hart & Patterson Financial Group',
'type': 'Data Breach'}