The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that The Pension Specialists experienced a data breach between February 18, 2024, and February 20, 2024, potentially affecting 71,443 individuals' information due to an external system breach (hacking). Notification was provided on February 14, 2025, and identity theft protection services were offered through Kroll, covering a period of 12 months.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/the-pension-specialists-ltd.
"id": "the638072525",
"linkid": "the-pension-specialists-ltd.",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2024",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 71443,
'industry': 'Financial Services',
'location': 'Maine',
'name': 'The Pension Specialists',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 71443,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personally Identifiable '
'Information'},
'date_detected': '2024-02-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-02-14',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that The '
'Pension Specialists experienced a data breach between '
'February 18, 2024, and February 20, 2024, potentially '
"affecting 71,443 individuals' information due to an external "
'system breach (hacking). Notification was provided on '
'February 14, 2025, and identity theft protection services '
'were offered through Kroll, covering a period of 12 months.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personally Identifiable Information',
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2025-02-14',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Kroll'},
'title': 'Data Breach at The Pension Specialists',
'type': 'Data Breach'}