Sequoia Benefits & Insurance Services LLC

The Vermont Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Sequoia Benefits & Insurance Services LLC on December 9, 2022. Unauthorized access to a cloud storage system occurred between September 22 and October 6, 2022, potentially exposing personal information, including names and social security numbers, of UNKN individuals. The company found no evidence of malicious intent or data misuse.

Source: https://ago.vermont.gov/document/2022-12-09-sequoia-benefits-and-insurance-services-data-breach-notice-consumers

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sequoia-employee-benefits-&-insurance-solutions

"id": "seq852072825",
"linkid": "sequoia-employee-benefits-&-insurance-solutions",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'UNKN',
                        'industry': 'Insurance',
                        'name': 'Sequoia Benefits & Insurance Services LLC',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'UNKN',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-10-06',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-12-09',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to a cloud storage system occurred '
                'between September 22 and October 6, 2022, potentially '
                'exposing personal information, including names and social '
                'security numbers, of UNKN individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security Numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['Cloud Storage System']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-12-09',
                 'source': 'Vermont Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Sequoia Benefits & Insurance Services LLC',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Cloud Storage System'}