The Maine State Attorney General's Office reported that Preferred Care Home Health Services experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts from January 13, 2020, to April 27, 2020. On September 28, 2020, they notified three Maine residents, one of whom had their name and Social Security number potentially compromised. Identity theft protection services were offered for 12 months through Kroll.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pchhs
"id": "pch846072625",
"linkid": "pchhs",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Maine',
'name': 'Preferred Care Home Health Services',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name',
'Social Security number']},
'date_detected': '2020-01-13',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-28',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts resulting in '
'potential compromise of personal information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name', 'Social Security number'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account Compromise'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-09-28',
'source': "Maine State Attorney General's Office"}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Kroll'},
'title': 'Preferred Care Home Health Services Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}