Nowlin & Associates

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident involving Nowlin & Associates on January 19, 2023. The breach, which occurred between September 7, 2022, and September 21, 2022, involved unauthorized access to an employee email account, potentially exposing Social Security numbers. A total of 469 individuals were affected, including one Maine resident who was notified in writing.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/26c1dd97-09e8-4ad8-9ddf-1f9402372d2f.shtml

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

"id": "now653080425",
"linkid": "nowlinandassociates",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 469,
                        'name': 'Nowlin & Associates',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 469,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security numbers'},
 'date_detected': '2023-01-19',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-01-19',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to an employee email account, potentially '
                'exposing Social Security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-01-19',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Nowlin & Associates',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}