The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) on January 19, 2021. The breach, which occurred from August 15, 2020, to September 24, 2020, resulted from unauthorized access to employee email accounts and affected a total of 21,347 individuals, including 2 residents of Maine. Information that may have been compromised includes names, addresses, and financial account information.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/nylag
"id": "nyl627080525",
"linkid": "nylag",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 21347,
'industry': 'Legal Services',
'location': 'New York',
'name': 'New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG)',
'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access to Employee Email Accounts',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 21347,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'addresses'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'financial account information']},
'date_detected': '2021-01-19',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-01-19',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving the New York Legal Assistance Group (NYLAG) '
'on January 19, 2021. The breach, which occurred from August '
'15, 2020, to September 24, 2020, resulted from unauthorized '
'access to employee email accounts and affected a total of '
'21,347 individuals, including 2 residents of Maine. '
'Information that may have been compromised includes names, '
'addresses, and financial account information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'financial account information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-01-19',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at New York Legal Assistance Group',
'type': 'Data Breach'}