Newton Centre Dental

On May 24, 2024, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Newton Centre Dental that occurred between May 27, 2023, and June 21, 2023, due to unauthorized access to an employee's email account. The breach affected 2,550 individuals, specifically exposing names and Social Security numbers. Newton Centre Dental is offering 24 months of credit monitoring through Experian to individuals whose information may have been compromised.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/20d486f9-5ab4-4d5e-a54b-f79206cd4d18.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/newton-dentistry

"id": "new516072725",
"linkid": "newton-dentistry",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2550,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'name': 'Newton Centre Dental',
                        'type': 'Dental Clinic'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2550,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2024-05-24',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-05-24',
 'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account exposed "
                'names and Social Security numbers of 2,550 individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Compromise'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-05-24',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Newton Centre Dental',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access'}