The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Venafi, Inc. on January 11, 2022. The breach occurred between November 8 and December 9, 2021, due to unauthorized access to an employee email account, affecting a single individual. The compromised information included a Social Security Number, and identity theft protection services were offered for 24 months through Experian.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/venafi
"id": "ven305072825",
"linkid": "venafi",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
'industry': 'Technology',
'name': 'Venafi, Inc.',
'type': 'Company'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Account',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'Number',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Number'},
'date_detected': '2022-01-11',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-01-11',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Venafi, Inc. on January 11, 2022. The breach '
'occurred between November 8 and December 9, 2021, due to '
'unauthorized access to an employee email account, affecting a '
'single individual. The compromised information included a '
'Social Security Number, and identity theft protection '
'services were offered for 24 months through Experian.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Number'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Employee Email Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-01-11',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['Experian']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Venafi, Inc.',
'type': 'Data Breach'}