Albemarle County experienced a ransomware attack that resulted in the potential exposure of personal information of local government and public school employees, including driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, passport numbers, and military IDs. Additionally, some of the 112,000 residents may have had their names, addresses, and Social Security numbers exposed. The attack caused phone and technology outages, affecting non-emergency phone lines and county facilities. The county is offering free identity protection services to all residents, local government employees, and public school workers.
Source: https://therecord.media/albemarle-virginia-ransomware-attack
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/albemarle-county
"id": "alb827071225",
"linkid": "albemarle-county",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "7/2025",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Charlottesville, Virginia',
'name': 'Albemarle County',
'size': '112,000 residents',
'type': 'Local Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Systems with personal information of residents',
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Likely',
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ["Driver's license numbers",
'Social Security numbers',
'Passport numbers',
'Military IDs',
'Names',
'Addresses']},
'date_detected': '2023-06-11',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-07-07',
'description': 'Phone and technology outages that plagued Albemarle County '
'were caused by a ransomware attack, leading to potential data '
'breaches of both local government and public school '
'employees, as well as some residents.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Driver's license numbers",
'Social Security numbers',
'Passport numbers',
'Military IDs',
'Names',
'Addresses'],
'downtime': 'Two weeks of phone service outages',
'operational_impact': 'Non-emergency phone lines impacted',
'systems_affected': ['Local Servers']},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'motivation': 'Data Exfiltration',
'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': 'Likely'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-07-07', 'source': 'News Article'}],
'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': 'FBI, CISA, Cyber '
'Fusion Center of the '
'Virginia State Police'},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Offering one year of free identity '
'protection services',
'law_enforcement_notified': 'Yes'},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Albemarle County',
'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}