The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Holthouse, Carlin & Van Trigt LLP (HCVT) experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to an employee email account between October 7, 2020, and October 14, 2020. This incident potentially compromised the Social Security numbers of 197 individuals, including one Maine resident. HCVT notified affected individuals on June 18, 2021, and is offering one year of identity theft protection services through Experian.
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"id": "hcv106080525",
"linkid": "hcvt-llp",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 197,
'industry': 'Legal Services',
'name': 'Holthouse, Carlin & Van Trigt LLP',
'type': 'Business'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 197,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-06-18',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to an employee email account potentially '
'compromised the Social Security numbers of 197 individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Notified affected individuals on '
'June 18, 2021'],
'remediation_measures': ['Offering one year of identity theft '
'protection services through Experian']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Holthouse, Carlin & Van Trigt LLP',
'type': 'Data Breach'}