The Maine Attorney General's Office reported that Metaformers experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to an employee email account on July 20, 2020. The breach potentially exposed personal information, including Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers, affecting approximately one Maine resident. Written notice was provided to affected individuals on or about September 28, 2020.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/metaformers
"id": "met429072925",
"linkid": "metaformers",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '1',
'name': 'Metaformers',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '1',
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
"driver's license numbers"]},
'date_detected': '2020-07-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-28',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to an employee email account potentially '
'exposed personal information, including Social Security '
"numbers and driver's license numbers.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
"driver's license numbers"]},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-09-28',
'source': "Maine Attorney General's Office"}],
'title': 'Metaformers Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}