The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC on October 24, 2022. The breach occurred on May 16, 2022, due to external hacking, potentially affecting 867 individuals, including 2 Maine residents, with Social Security Numbers compromised. The law firm offered 24 months of Experian IdentityWorks identity theft protection services to affected individuals.
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"linkid": "whitman-breed-abbott-&-morgan-llc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 867,
'industry': 'Legal',
'name': 'Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC',
'type': 'Law Firm'}],
'attack_vector': 'External Hacking',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 867,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'Numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers'},
'date_detected': '2022-05-16',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-10-24',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC on October '
'24, 2022. The breach occurred on May 16, 2022, due to '
'external hacking, potentially affecting 867 individuals, '
'including 2 Maine residents, with Social Security Numbers '
'compromised. The law firm offered 24 months of Experian '
'IdentityWorks identity theft protection services to affected '
'individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-10-24',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Offered 24 months of Experian '
'IdentityWorks identity theft '
'protection services']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan LLC',
'type': 'Data Breach'}