The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Piedmont Cancer Institute on August 19, 2024. The breach, discovered on August 6, 2024, involved unauthorized access to one employee email account, affecting a total of 305 individuals with personal information potentially including names and Social Security numbers. One Maine resident was specifically notified of the breach.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/piedmontcancerinstitute
"id": "pie544072725",
"linkid": "piedmontcancerinstitute",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 305,
'industry': 'Healthcare',
'name': 'Piedmont Cancer Institute',
'type': 'Healthcare'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 305,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2024-08-06',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-08-19',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Piedmont Cancer Institute on August 19, '
'2024. The breach, discovered on August 6, 2024, involved '
'unauthorized access to one employee email account, affecting '
'a total of 305 individuals with personal information '
'potentially including names and Social Security numbers. One '
'Maine resident was specifically notified of the breach.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Employee Email Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-08-19',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Piedmont Cancer Institute',
'type': 'Data Breach'}