The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Lincoln Financial Group on March 24, 2021. The breach, which occurred on February 11, 2021, involved the inadvertent disclosure of sensitive information including Social Security numbers, affecting one individual. Lincoln Financial Group has offered a one-year membership in Experian’s IdentityWorks as a response to the incident.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lincolnfinancial
"id": "lin304072725",
"linkid": "lincolnfinancial",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2021",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Lincoln Financial Group',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2021-02-11',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-03-24',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Lincoln Financial Group on March 24, 2021. '
'The breach, which occurred on February 11, 2021, involved the '
'inadvertent disclosure of sensitive information including '
'Social Security numbers, affecting one individual. Lincoln '
'Financial Group has offered a one-year membership in '
'Experian’s IdentityWorks as a response to the incident.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-03-24',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Offered a one-year membership in '
'Experian’s IdentityWorks']},
'title': 'Lincoln Financial Group Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}