Housing Authority of the County of Alameda (HACA)

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that the Housing Authority of the County of Alameda (HACA) experienced a data breach on September 2-3, 2018, which was discovered on September 4, 2018. The breach involved unauthorized access to personal information, including Social Security numbers and other personal identifiers, affecting an unspecified number of individuals. HACA reported the breach to the Hayward Police Department and initiated security measures to mitigate the impact.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-142113

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/alameda-housing-authority

"id": "ala600072925",
"linkid": "alameda-housing-authority",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Housing',
                        'location': 'Alameda County, California',
                        'name': 'Housing Authority of the County of Alameda '
                                '(HACA)',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'other personal identifiers']},
 'date_detected': '2018-09-04',
 'description': 'The Housing Authority of the County of Alameda (HACA) '
                'experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to '
                'personal information, including Social Security numbers and '
                'other personal identifiers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'other personal identifiers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': 'Hayward Police Department'},
 'title': 'HACA Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}