HK Financial Services

The Maryland Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving HK Financial Services on January 22, 2016. The breach, which occurred on January 11, 2016, potentially exposed personally identifiable information of two Maryland residents, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and partial Social Security numbers. A notification letter was sent to the affected individuals on January 22, 2016.

Source: nan

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/hk-financial-solutions-inc

"id": "hk-507071325",
"linkid": "hk-financial-solutions-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2016",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '2',
                        'industry': 'Financial Services',
                        'name': 'HK Financial Services',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'customer_advisories': 'Notification letter sent to affected individuals',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '2',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'partial Social Security '
                                              'numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2016-01-22',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-01-22',
 'description': 'The Maryland Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving HK Financial Services on January 22, 2016. '
                'The breach, which occurred on January 11, 2016, potentially '
                'exposed personally identifiable information of two Maryland '
                'residents, including names, addresses, dates of birth, and '
                'partial Social Security numbers. A notification letter was '
                'sent to the affected individuals on January 22, 2016.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'partial Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-01-22',
                 'source': 'Maryland Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification letter sent to affected '
                                        'individuals'},
 'title': 'Data Breach at HK Financial Services',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}