The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Marine Home Center experienced unauthorized access to an employee’s email account, with the breach occurring between June 3, 2024, and June 7, 2024. The incident involved the exposure of one Maine resident's name and Social Security number, and notification letters were mailed on August 30, 2024, alongside the offer of one year of complimentary identity monitoring services.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/marine-home-center
"id": "mar630080425",
"linkid": "marine-home-center",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
'location': 'Maine',
'name': 'Marine Home Center',
'type': 'Business'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
'customer_advisories': 'Notification letters mailed on August 30, 2024',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name',
'Social Security number']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-08-30',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Marine '
'Home Center experienced unauthorized access to an employee’s '
'email account, with the breach occurring between June 3, '
'2024, and June 7, 2024. The incident involved the exposure of '
"one Maine resident's name and Social Security number, and "
'notification letters were mailed on August 30, 2024, '
'alongside the offer of one year of complimentary identity '
'monitoring services.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name', 'Social Security number'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'systems_affected': ['Email Account']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification letters mailed on August '
'30, 2024',
'enhanced_monitoring': 'One year of complimentary identity '
'monitoring services'},
'title': 'Unauthorized Access to Employee Email Account at Marine Home Center',
'type': 'Data Breach'}