California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation reported a data breach at Salinas Valley State Prison on November 1, 2012. The breach, discovered on September 26, 2012, involved unauthorized access to a database file containing personal information of custody staff, including names, Social Security numbers, personal phone numbers, addresses, and institutional positions. The number of individuals affected is not explicitly stated.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-36873

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/california-department-of-corrections-and-rehabilitation

"id": "cal239072825",
"linkid": "california-department-of-corrections-and-rehabilitation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2012",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Corrections and Rehabilitation',
                        'location': 'California, USA',
                        'name': 'Salinas Valley State Prison',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['Database File'],
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'Personal phone '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'Addresses',
                                                         'Institutional '
                                                         'positions'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2012-09-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2012-11-01',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to a database file containing personal '
                'information of custody staff, including names, Social '
                'Security numbers, personal phone numbers, addresses, and '
                'institutional positions.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Personal phone numbers',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Institutional positions']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Department of Corrections and '
                           'Rehabilitation'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Salinas Valley State Prison',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}