The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving McDermott Investment Advisers, LLC and McDermott Investment Services, LLC on September 11, 2022. The breach occurred on March 2, 2022, resulting from unauthorized access to an employee's email account and affecting approximately 718 individuals, including 42 residents. The information potentially compromised includes driver's license numbers and other personal data.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/mcdermott-investment-advisors-llc
"id": "mcd1017072525",
"linkid": "mcdermott-investment-advisors-llc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 718,
'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'McDermott Investment Advisers, LLC and '
'McDermott Investment Services, LLC',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 718,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ["Driver's License Numbers",
'Other Personal Data']},
'date_detected': '2022-03-02',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-09-11',
'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account resulting "
"in potential compromise of driver's license numbers and other "
'personal data.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Driver's License Numbers",
'Other Personal Data']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-09-11',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at McDermott Investment Advisers, LLC and McDermott '
'Investment Services, LLC',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Account'}