Botetourt County, Virginia

The Virginia State Police's Fusion Center reported a data breach in Botetourt County on October 21, 2022, affecting 1,506 individuals, including 2 residents. The breach involved unauthorized access to business email accounts, potentially compromising Social Security Numbers. Notification to impacted individuals occurred on December 29, 2022, and identity theft protection services were offered through Experian for 24 months.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/e4903a02-6bed-41c5-acdc-e190245dfc8a.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/botetourt-county

"id": "bot652072825",
"linkid": "botetourt-county",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1506,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Virginia, USA',
                        'name': 'Botetourt County',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access to Business Email Accounts',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1506,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
                                                         'Numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-10-21',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-12-29',
 'description': "The Virginia State Police's Fusion Center reported that "
                'Botetourt County experienced a data breach due to hacking on '
                'October 21, 2022, affecting a total of 1,506 individuals, of '
                'which 2 are residents. The breach involved unauthorized '
                'access to business email accounts, with potentially '
                'compromised information including Social Security Numbers. '
                'Notification to impacted individuals occurred on December 29, '
                '2022, and identity theft protection services were offered '
                'through Experian for 24 months.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'systems_affected': ['Business Email Accounts']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-12-29',
                 'source': "Virginia State Police's Fusion Center"}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notification to impacted individuals',
              'third_party_assistance': ['Experian']},
 'title': 'Botetourt County Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}