The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Franklin College on August 29, 2022. The breach occurred on January 21, 2022, as a result of a hacking incident which potentially compromised the Social Security numbers of 5,935 individuals. Identity theft protection services are being offered, including credit monitoring and identity theft recovery services.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/thefranklin
"id": "the749072725",
"linkid": "thefranklin",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 5935,
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Maine',
'name': 'Franklin College',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Hacking',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 5935,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security numbers'},
'date_detected': '2022-01-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-08-29',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Franklin College on August 29, 2022. The '
'breach occurred on January 21, 2022, as a result of a hacking '
'incident which potentially compromised the Social Security '
'numbers of 5,935 individuals. Identity theft protection '
'services are being offered, including credit monitoring and '
'identity theft recovery services.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-08-29',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Identity theft protection services',
'Credit monitoring',
'Identity theft recovery services']},
'title': 'Franklin College Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}