Law Offices of Joe Bornstein

The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein reported a data breach on April 7, 2021, involving unauthorized access to an employee's email account from November 3 to November 4, 2020. Approximately 1,100 individuals were affected, with some personal information, including financial account numbers, potentially compromised. Identity theft protection services were offered for 12 months through Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/4bcad8df-36fb-4c5b-a334-04858f4ccedb.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-law-offices-of-joe-bornstein

"id": "the810072525",
"linkid": "the-law-offices-of-joe-bornstein",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1100,
                        'industry': 'Legal',
                        'name': 'The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein',
                        'type': 'Law Firm'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1100,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Financial Account Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-04-07',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-04-07',
 'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account from "
                'November 3 to November 4, 2020, affecting approximately 1,100 '
                'individuals with potential compromise of personal information '
                'including financial account numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                 'Financial Account Numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-04-07',
                 'source': 'The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein'}],
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B'},
 'title': 'Data Breach at The Law Offices of Joe Bornstein',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}