Special K Tax & Accounting

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Special K Tax & Accounting experienced unauthorized access to an email account on February 28, 2021, potentially affecting the personal information of 3 Maine residents, including their Social Security numbers. The breach was discovered during a review on April 8, 2021, and notification letters were sent on May 7, 2021.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/6fe4deda-2eb8-42ea-b657-5a8d7114a107.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/k-g-tax-accounting-solutions-llc

"id": "k-g435072625",
"linkid": "k-g-tax-accounting-solutions-llc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2021",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3,
                        'industry': 'Accounting',
                        'location': 'Maine',
                        'name': 'Special K Tax & Accounting',
                        'type': 'Business'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-04-08',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-05-07',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Special K Tax & Accounting experienced unauthorized access to '
                'an email account on February 28, 2021, potentially affecting '
                'the personal information of 3 Maine residents, including '
                'their Social Security numbers. The breach was discovered '
                'during a review on April 8, 2021, and notification letters '
                'were sent on May 7, 2021.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['Email Account']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Account at Special K Tax & Accounting',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}