Ward & Taylor, LLC

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported on December 1, 2022, that Ward & Taylor, LLC experienced a data breach on August 9, 2022, due to unauthorized access to an employee email account, affecting 718 individuals, including 1 resident. The breached information included Driver's License Numbers or Non-Driver Identification Card Numbers.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/beb3d77c-5fb1-46c1-b1e2-6f95602c6b67.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ward-&-taylor-llc

"id": "war609072925",
"linkid": "ward-&-taylor-llc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 718,
                        'name': 'Ward & Taylor, LLC',
                        'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 718,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ["Driver's License Numbers",
                                              'Non-Driver Identification Card '
                                              'Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-08-09',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-12-01',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to an employee email account resulting in '
                'a data breach affecting 718 individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Driver's License Numbers",
                                 'Non-Driver Identification Card Numbers']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-12-01',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Ward & Taylor, LLC Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access'}