The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach on October 14, 2022, involving inadvertent disclosure of information related to Maine projects. The breach affected users' phone numbers and email communications, as well as a wide range of data hosted on state government FTP folders. This incident highlights the vulnerability of government data storage systems and the potential for significant data leaks affecting both internal and external stakeholders.
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"linkid": "stateofmaine",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Maine',
'name': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['phone numbers',
'email communications']},
'date_detected': '2022-10-14',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-10-14',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach on October 14, 2022, involving inadvertent disclosure '
"of information related to Maine projects, affecting users' "
'phone numbers and email communications. The breach affected a '
'wide range of data hosted on state government FTP folders.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['phone numbers', 'email communications'],
'systems_affected': ['state government FTP folders']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-10-14',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}