American Civil Liberties Union, Inc.

American Civil Liberties Union, Inc.

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the American Civil Liberties Union, Inc. on August 14, 2020. The breach, occurring from February 7, 2020, to May 20, 2020, involved a ransomware cyberattack affecting approximately 86,269 Washington residents, compromising names and full dates of birth.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10225

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

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"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
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                        'industry': 'Civil Liberties',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'American Civil Liberties Union, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
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                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full Dates of Birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-14',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving the American Civil Liberties Union, '
                'Inc. on August 14, 2020. The breach, occurring from February '
                '7, 2020, to May 20, 2020, involved a ransomware cyberattack '
                'affecting approximately 86,269 Washington residents, '
                'compromising names and full dates of birth.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full Dates of Birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-14',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at American Civil Liberties Union, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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