Recently, Spectra reported to the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that the sensitive personal identifiable information in its care may have been compromised. In the sample breach notice provided to the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Spectra does not elaborate on the nature of the security incident that impacted its systems. While the information impacted varies depending on the individual, the type of information potentially exposed includes:5
Name
Social Security number
Financial account information
Driver’s license information
As a result of the breach, Spectra began mailing data breach notification letters to impacted individuals. Based on the breach notice sent to Massachusetts residents, Spectra is providing affected individuals with list of the specific types of sensitive information impacted and complimentary credit monitoring services. A link to the form breach notification letters that Spectra filed with the Attorney General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is below.
Source: https://straussborrelli.com/2025/12/04/spectra-logic-corporation-data-breach-investigation/
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"id": "SPE1764895385",
"linkid": "spectra-company",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2025",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'incident': {'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unknown',
'industry': None,
'location': None,
'name': 'Spectra',
'size': None,
'type': 'Organization'}],
'customer_advisories': 'Providing complimentary credit '
'monitoring services and a list of '
'specific types of sensitive information '
'impacted',
'data_breach': {'data_encryption': None,
'data_exfiltration': None,
'file_types_exposed': None,
'number_of_records_exposed': None,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name',
'Social Security '
'number',
'Financial account '
'information',
'Driver’s license '
'information']},
'description': 'Spectra reported that sensitive personal '
'identifiable information in its care may have '
'been compromised. The breach notice does not '
'elaborate on the nature of the security '
'incident, but the types of information '
'potentially exposed include names, Social '
'Security numbers, financial account information, '
'and driver’s license information.',
'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': None,
'conversion_rate_impact': None,
'customer_complaints': None,
'data_compromised': 'Sensitive personal identifiable '
'information',
'downtime': None,
'financial_loss': None,
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'legal_liabilities': None,
'operational_impact': None,
'payment_information_risk': 'High',
'revenue_loss': None,
'systems_affected': None},
'initial_access_broker': {'backdoors_established': None,
'data_sold_on_dark_web': None,
'entry_point': None,
'high_value_targets': None,
'reconnaissance_period': None},
'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': None,
'root_causes': None},
'ransomware': {'data_encryption': None,
'data_exfiltration': None,
'ransom_demanded': None,
'ransom_paid': None,
'ransomware_strain': None},
'references': [{'date_accessed': None,
'source': 'Attorney General of the Commonwealth '
'of Massachusetts',
'url': None}],
'regulatory_compliance': {'fines_imposed': None,
'legal_actions': None,
'regulations_violated': None,
'regulatory_notifications': 'Notified '
'the '
'Attorney '
'General '
'of the '
'Commonwealth '
'of '
'Massachusetts'},
'response': {'adaptive_behavioral_waf': None,
'communication_strategy': 'Mailing data breach '
'notification letters to '
'impacted individuals',
'containment_measures': None,
'enhanced_monitoring': None,
'incident_response_plan_activated': None,
'law_enforcement_notified': None,
'network_segmentation': None,
'on_demand_scrubbing_services': None,
'recovery_measures': None,
'remediation_measures': None,
'third_party_assistance': None},
'title': 'Spectra Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}}