Ladies Professional Golf Association, Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that the Ladies Professional Golf Association, Inc. experienced an external system breach due to hacking between August 19 and August 22, 2024. This breach potentially exposed the personal information of two Maine residents, including their names, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers. On November 22, 2024, the affected residents were notified and offered identity theft protection services through Experian for one year.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/21d3f325-23b8-45d8-b735-ad0c91fc56cb.html

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lpga

"id": "lpg236072825",
"linkid": "lpga",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2024",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2,
                        'industry': 'Sports',
                        'name': 'Ladies Professional Golf Association, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'Financial account numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2024-08-19',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-11-22',
 'description': 'The Ladies Professional Golf Association, Inc. experienced an '
                'external system breach due to hacking between August 19 and '
                'August 22, 2024. This breach potentially exposed the personal '
                'information of two Maine residents, including their names, '
                'Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers. On '
                'November 22, 2024, the affected residents were notified and '
                'offered identity theft protection services through Experian '
                'for one year.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Financial account numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-11-22',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification to affected residents '
                                        'and offer of identity theft '
                                        'protection services',
              'third_party_assistance': 'Experian'},
 'title': 'Ladies Professional Golf Association Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}