WACOSA

The Maine Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving WACOSA on November 3, 2023. The breach, which occurred on September 14, 2023, was due to an external system breach (hacking) and affected a total of 2,064 individuals, including 2 residents of Minnesota. Financial account information was compromised, and identity theft protection services were offered for 12 months.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/3eae339f-67ce-497a-8182-2d6ec8768a72.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/wacosa

"id": "wac452072625",
"linkid": "wacosa",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2064,
                        'name': 'WACOSA',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Breach (Hacking)',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2064,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Financial account information'},
 'date_detected': '2023-09-14',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-11-03',
 'description': "The Maine Attorney General's Office reported a data breach "
                'involving WACOSA on November 3, 2023. The breach, which '
                'occurred on September 14, 2023, was due to an external system '
                'breach (hacking) and affected a total of 2,064 individuals, '
                'including 2 residents of Minnesota. Financial account '
                'information was compromised, and identity theft protection '
                'services were offered for 12 months.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Financial account information',
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-11-03',
                 'source': "Maine Attorney General's Office"}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Identity theft protection services '
                                      'offered for 12 months'},
 'title': 'WACOSA Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}