The New Hampshire Department of Justice reported a data breach involving John Lucas Tree Expert Co. on September 27, 2019. The breach, discovered on July 16, 2019, involved unauthorized access through a spoofed email, potentially affecting the personal information of nine New Hampshire residents, specifically Social Security and Driver's License numbers.
Source: https://www.doj.nh.gov/citizens/consumer-protection-antitrust-bureau/security-breach-notifications
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/lucas-tree-expert-co-inc
"id": "luc509071125",
"linkid": "lucas-tree-expert-co-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 9,
'industry': 'Tree Services',
'location': 'New Hampshire',
'name': 'John Lucas Tree Expert Co.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Spoofed Email',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 9,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
"Driver's License numbers"]},
'date_detected': '2019-07-16',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-09-27',
'description': 'The New Hampshire Department of Justice reported a data '
'breach involving John Lucas Tree Expert Co. on September 27, '
'2019. The breach, discovered on July 16, 2019, involved '
'unauthorized access through a spoofed email, potentially '
'affecting the personal information of nine New Hampshire '
"residents, specifically Social Security and Driver's License "
'numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
"Driver's License numbers"]},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Spoofed Email'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-09-27',
'source': 'New Hampshire Department of Justice'}],
'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': True},
'title': 'Data Breach at John Lucas Tree Expert Co.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}