The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported that McCord LLC experienced a data breach on December 29, 2022. The breach involved unauthorized access to an advisor's email account, potentially compromising personal information including names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, financial account numbers, and Social Security numbers. The report indicated no specific evidence that the individual's information was accessed or misused, and McCord has implemented enhanced security measures and provided one year of identity monitoring services through Kroll.
Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2023-11-14-mccord-data-breach-notice-consumers
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/mccord-research-llc
"id": "mcc148072725",
"linkid": "mccord-research-llc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'McCord LLC', 'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'driver’s license '
'numbers',
'financial account '
'numbers',
'Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'date_detected': '2022-12-29',
'description': "Unauthorized access to an advisor's email account, "
'potentially compromising personal information including '
'names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, '
'financial account numbers, and Social Security numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'driver’s license numbers',
'financial account numbers',
'Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Enhanced security measures',
'One year of identity monitoring '
'services'],
'third_party_assistance': 'Kroll'},
'title': 'McCord LLC Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}