The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that a vendor of Morgan Stanley, Guidehouse, experienced a data breach on January 20, 2021, involving unauthorized access to personal information for approximately 116 Maine residents. The breach was discovered on May 20, 2021, and compromised information included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Affected residents are being offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks credit monitoring services at no charge.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/morgan-stanley
"id": "mor115072825",
"linkid": "morgan-stanley",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 116,
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'name': 'Guidehouse',
'type': 'Vendor'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 116,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'date_detected': '2021-05-20',
'description': 'A vendor of Morgan Stanley, Guidehouse, experienced a data '
'breach involving unauthorized access to personal information '
'for approximately 116 Maine residents.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Guidehouse Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}