The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. on October 4, 2022. The breach occurred between July 12 and July 14, 2022, due to a ransomware attack affecting 5,165 individuals, with personal information, including Social Security numbers, potentially compromised. Identity theft protection services offering 12 months of credit monitoring were provided to affected individuals.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/mgs-mfg-group
"id": "mgs851080425",
"linkid": "mgs-mfg-group",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "7/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 5165,
'industry': 'Manufacturing',
'name': 'MGS Mfg. Group, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 5165,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal information',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2022-07-12',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-10-04',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. on October 4, 2022. The '
'breach occurred between July 12 and July 14, 2022, due to a '
'ransomware attack affecting 5,165 individuals, with personal '
'information, including Social Security numbers, potentially '
'compromised. Identity theft protection services offering 12 '
'months of credit monitoring were provided to affected '
'individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal information',
'Social Security numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-10-04',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'MGS Mfg. Group, Inc. Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}