The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Child Care Circuit (CCC) on October 30, 2024. The breach occurred between March 15, 2024, and March 18, 2024, due to unauthorized access to two employee email accounts, potentially exposing names and Social Security numbers of one affected individual. CCC is providing 24 months of complimentary identity theft protection services through Experian.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-community-group
"id": "the224072725",
"linkid": "the-community-group",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
'industry': 'Child Care',
'name': 'Child Care Circuit',
'type': 'Organization'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2024-10-30',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-10-30',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to two employee email accounts '
'potentially exposing names and Social Security numbers of one '
'affected individual.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security Numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Accounts'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-10-30',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Experian'},
'title': 'Child Care Circuit Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access'}