PBS Engineering and Environmental Inc.

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that PBS Engineering and Environmental Inc. experienced a data breach on February 4, 2022, due to external system hacking. Approximately 1,400 individuals were affected, including personal information such as Social Security numbers. The breach was discovered on March 7, 2022, and notification letters were sent to consumers on March 31, 2022, offering identity theft protection services through IDX.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/72c2cfc2-383c-496e-bddb-d86b0a5025c6.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pbs-engineers-inc

"id": "pbs1047072525",
"linkid": "pbs-engineers-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1400,
                        'industry': 'Engineering and Environmental Services',
                        'name': 'PBS Engineering and Environmental Inc.',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Hacking',
 'customer_advisories': 'Notification letters sent to consumers',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1400,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-03-07',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-03-31',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that PBS '
                'Engineering and Environmental Inc. experienced a data breach '
                'on February 4, 2022, due to external system hacking. '
                'Approximately 1,400 individuals were affected, including '
                'personal information such as Social Security numbers. The '
                'breach was discovered on March 7, 2022, and notification '
                'letters were sent to consumers on March 31, 2022, offering '
                'identity theft protection services through IDX.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification letters sent to '
                                        'consumers',
              'third_party_assistance': ['IDX']},
 'title': 'PBS Engineering and Environmental Inc. Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}