The Bell Company, LLC

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving The Bell Company, LLC on February 18, 2022. The breach occurred on October 15, 2021, and was discovered on October 17, 2021, due to an external system breach (hacking), potentially affecting 3,094 individuals, including 8 residents of Maine. Social Security numbers were among the information accessed.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/0421b5e8-4725-4eaa-bc2e-94fcdda4e766.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-bell-company

"id": "the544072825",
"linkid": "the-bell-company",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3094,
                        'name': 'The Bell Company, LLC',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3094,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-10-17',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-02-18',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving The Bell Company, LLC on February 18, 2022. '
                'The breach occurred on October 15, 2021, and was discovered '
                'on October 17, 2021, due to an external system breach '
                '(hacking), potentially affecting 3,094 individuals, including '
                '8 residents of Maine. Social Security numbers were among the '
                'information accessed.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-02-18',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at The Bell Company, LLC',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}