kW Mission Critical Engineering

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving kW Mission Critical Engineering (kW MCE) on April 11, 2023. The breach, which occurred between February 11, 2023 and March 15, 2023, resulted from unauthorized access to the company’s network, impacting 431 individuals in total, with personal information of one Maine resident affected, including name, Social Security number, and driver's license number. kW MCE provided two years of complimentary identity theft protection services through Experian.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7ce052b5-6715-4249-9b33-1a95848af669.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/kw-mission-critical-engineering

"id": "kw-033080525",
"linkid": "kw-mission-critical-engineering",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 431,
                        'industry': 'Engineering',
                        'name': 'kW Mission Critical Engineering',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 431,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name',
                                              'Social Security number',
                                              "Driver's license number"]},
 'date_detected': '2023-03-15',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-04-11',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving kW Mission Critical Engineering (kW MCE) on '
                'April 11, 2023. The breach, which occurred between February '
                '11, 2023 and March 15, 2023, resulted from unauthorized '
                'access to the company’s network, impacting 431 individuals in '
                'total, with personal information of one Maine resident '
                'affected, including name, Social Security number, and '
                "driver's license number. kW MCE provided two years of "
                'complimentary identity theft protection services through '
                'Experian.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name',
                                 'Social Security number',
                                 "Driver's license number"],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-04-11',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Experian'},
 'title': 'Data Breach at kW Mission Critical Engineering',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}