The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Highmark on February 3, 2023. The breach occurred between December 13, 2022, and December 15, 2022, due to an external hacking incident, potentially affecting 300,000 individuals, including 2,774 Maine residents. The compromised information included names and social security numbers.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/highmark
"id": "hig753080425",
"linkid": "highmark",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 300000,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Highmark',
'type': 'Health Insurance Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'External Hacking',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 300000,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2023-02-03',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-02-03',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Highmark on February 3, 2023. The breach '
'occurred between December 13, 2022, and December 15, 2022, '
'due to an external hacking incident, potentially affecting '
'300,000 individuals, including 2,774 Maine residents. The '
'compromised information included names and social security '
'numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security Numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-02-03',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Highmark Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}