Department of Motor Vehicles

Department of Motor Vehicles

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (CA DMV) reported a data breach on November 6, 2015, involving an erroneous disclosure of personal information on September 28, 2015. The breach affected the Riverside Probation Department and involved the accidental transmission of names, dates of birth, physical descriptions, and driver license numbers, but did not include Social Security Numbers.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-58698

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cadmv

"id": "cad846072525",
"linkid": "cadmv",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2015",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Law Enforcement',
                        'location': 'Riverside, California',
                        'name': 'Riverside Probation Department',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Erroneous Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Dates of Birth',
                                              'Physical Descriptions',
                                              'Driver License Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2015-11-06',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-11-06',
 'description': 'The California Department of Motor Vehicles (CA DMV) reported '
                'a data breach on November 6, 2015, involving an erroneous '
                'disclosure of personal information on September 28, 2015. The '
                'breach affected the Riverside Probation Department and '
                'involved the accidental transmission of names, dates of '
                'birth, physical descriptions, and driver license numbers, but '
                'did not include Social Security Numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Dates of Birth',
                                 'Physical Descriptions',
                                 'Driver License Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2015-11-06',
                 'source': 'CA DMV Data Breach Report'}],
 'title': 'CA DMV Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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