The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving UScellular on February 13, 2024. The breach occurred on January 28, 2024, due to an external system breach (hacking), affecting 100 individuals, including 8 residents. Information compromised includes customer account numbers, names, addresses, and PIN codes, but sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers and credit card details is masked and was not accessed.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/uscellular
"id": "usc532080425",
"linkid": "uscellular",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2024",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 100,
'industry': 'Telecommunications',
'name': 'USCC Services, LLC d/b/a UScellular',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 100,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names', 'addresses'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['customer account numbers',
'names',
'addresses',
'PIN codes']},
'date_detected': '2024-01-28',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-02-13',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving USCC Services, LLC d/b/a UScellular on '
'February 13, 2024. The breach occurred on January 28, 2024, '
'due to an external system breach (hacking), affecting 100 '
'individuals, including 8 residents. Information compromised '
'includes customer account numbers, names, addresses, and PIN '
'codes, but sensitive personal information such as Social '
'Security numbers and credit card details is masked and was '
'not accessed.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['customer account numbers',
'names',
'addresses',
'PIN codes']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-02-13',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at USCC Services, LLC d/b/a UScellular',
'type': 'Data Breach'}