MW Industries, Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that MW Industries experienced a data breach on October 2, 2020, involving the inadvertent disclosure of personal information related to 404 individuals, with one Maine resident affected. The breach was discovered when a file containing names, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers was made publicly available on justanswers.com, and the information was removed on October 7, 2020. MW Industries began notifying affected individuals on November 3, 2020, and offered 12 months of identity theft protection services.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/38ed988b-a21e-4f7a-802d-9a1d4cbcfced.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/mwindustries

"id": "mwi608072725",
"linkid": "mwindustries",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 404,
                        'name': 'MW Industries',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 404,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'financial account numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2020-10-02',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-11-03',
 'date_resolved': '2020-10-07',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that MW '
                'Industries experienced a data breach on October 2, 2020, '
                'involving the inadvertent disclosure of personal information '
                'related to 404 individuals, with one Maine resident affected. '
                'The breach was discovered when a file containing names, '
                'Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers was '
                'made publicly available on justanswers.com, and the '
                'information was removed on October 7, 2020. MW Industries '
                'began notifying affected individuals on November 3, 2020, and '
                'offered 12 months of identity theft protection services.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'financial account numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification to affected individuals',
              'containment_measures': 'Information removed from public access',
              'remediation_measures': '12 months of identity theft protection '
                                      'services offered'},
 'title': 'MW Industries Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}