The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Minuteman Senior Services experienced a data breach on February 22, 2022, caused by unauthorized access to an employee's email account. The investigation revealed that the compromised information included names, addresses, and Social Security numbers, affecting approximately one Maine resident. Written notice of the breach was provided to affected individuals on June 17, 2022, along with the offer of 12 months of identity theft protection services through Experian.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/minuteman-senior-services
"id": "min004072625",
"linkid": "minuteman-senior-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
'industry': 'Senior Services',
'location': 'Maine',
'name': 'Minuteman Senior Services',
'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2022-02-22',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-06-17',
'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account resulted "
'in a data breach affecting one Maine resident.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Unauthorized access to an '
"employee's email account"},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-06-17',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Written notice to affected '
'individuals',
'third_party_assistance': 'Experian'},
'title': 'Minuteman Senior Services Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Account Compromise'}