Recently, Perkins & Co. (“Perkins”) suffered a data breach stemming from a data security incident at a third-party company Netgain Technologies, Perkins used to store data on the cloud.
The compromised information included names, Social Security numbers, and financial account numbers.
Perkins & Co. then conducted its own investigation into the incident to determine the extent of the incident and sent out data breach letters to all individuals whose information was compromised.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/perkins-co-announces-data-breach-3372793/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/perkins-&-co
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"linkid": "perkins-&-co",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'Perkins & Co.', 'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Third-Party Vendor Compromise',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial account numbers']},
'description': 'Recently, Perkins & Co. suffered a data breach stemming from '
'a data security incident at a third-party company Netgain '
'Technologies, which Perkins used to store data on the cloud. '
'The compromised information included names, Social Security '
'numbers, and financial account numbers. Perkins & Co. then '
'conducted its own investigation into the incident to '
'determine the extent of the incident and sent out data breach '
'letters to all individuals whose information was compromised.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial account numbers']},
'investigation_status': 'Completed',
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['sent out data breach letters to all '
'individuals whose information was '
'compromised'],
'incident_response_plan_activated': True},
'title': 'Perkins & Co. Data Breach via Netgain Technologies',
'type': 'Data Breach'}