On July 19, 2023, the Maine Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving Massachusetts Mutual Life Company (MassMutual) that affected two Maine residents. The breach occurred on May 29 and May 30, 2023, when a threat actor exploited a zero-day vulnerability in Pension Benefit Information, LLC's MOVEit Transfer software, potentially exposing names, partial mailing addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth of the affected individuals.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/massmutual-financial-group
"id": "mas654072525",
"linkid": "massmutual-financial-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2,
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'location': 'Massachusetts',
'name': 'Massachusetts Mutual Life Company '
'(MassMutual)',
'type': 'Insurance Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Zero-day vulnerability exploitation',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'partial mailing addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'dates of birth']},
'date_detected': '2023-07-19',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-07-19',
'description': 'A data breach involving Massachusetts Mutual Life Company '
'(MassMutual) that affected two Maine residents. The breach '
'occurred when a threat actor exploited a zero-day '
"vulnerability in Pension Benefit Information, LLC's MOVEit "
'Transfer software.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'partial mailing addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'dates of birth']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'MOVEit Transfer software'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Zero-day vulnerability in MOVEit '
'Transfer software'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-07-19',
'source': "Maine Attorney General's Office"}],
'title': 'MassMutual Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'MOVEit Transfer software'}