Royal Alliance suffered a data breach on behalf of Financial Dimensions Group, Inc, a company registered with Royal Alliance to sell securities and offer investment advice.
The incident compromised the names, addresses, dates of birth, driver’s license numbers, financial account numbers, Social Security numbers, and other information belonging to certain clients.
However, Royal Alliance secured its email environment and launched an internal investigation to determine the impact of the incident.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/financial-dimensions-group-inc-3919344/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/royal-alliance-associates-inc
"id": "roy191221022",
"linkid": "royal-alliance-associates-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Finance',
'name': 'Royal Alliance',
'type': 'Financial Services'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'driver’s license '
'numbers',
'Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
'Information',
'Financial Information']},
'description': 'Royal Alliance suffered a data breach on behalf of Financial '
'Dimensions Group, Inc, a company registered with Royal '
'Alliance to sell securities and offer investment advice. The '
'incident compromised the names, addresses, dates of birth, '
'driver’s license numbers, financial account numbers, Social '
'Security numbers, and other information belonging to certain '
'clients. However, Royal Alliance secured its email '
'environment and launched an internal investigation to '
'determine the impact of the incident.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'driver’s license numbers',
'financial account numbers',
'Social Security numbers',
'other information'],
'systems_affected': ['email environment']},
'investigation_status': 'Launched an internal investigation',
'response': {'containment_measures': ['secured its email environment']},
'title': 'Royal Alliance Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}