Infiltration of the systems took place over eight days in December.
Major U.S. trade show and event marketing management firm Nth Degree had information from over 39,000 individuals stolen following a December data breach.
Infiltration of the systems of Nth Degree — which counts Microsoft, HP, Verizon, PepsiCo, and Mercedes-Benz among its clientele — between December 12th and 20th enabled the exfiltration of data. The detail was redacted by the company in its filing with the Office of the Maine Attorney General, but noted by law firm Markovits, Stock & Demarco to include full names and Social Security numbers.
Cybernews reports that information included in the breach may include that of Nth Degree's clients or temporary staff enlisted during events as the firm's workforce count is less than 500.
Despite the lack of details regarding the incident, Nth Degree emphasised that there has been no evidence indicating the misuse of the compromised information for identity theft and other illicit cyber activity while assuring free credit monitoring for all affected individuals.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
