Community HousingWorks

The California Attorney General reported a data breach involving Community HousingWorks (CHW) on October 7, 2024. The breach, which occurred on or around December 22, 2023, involved unauthorized access to employee email accounts, potentially compromising names, Social Security numbers, and other personal information of affected individuals. The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-593013

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/chworks

"id": "chw947072725",
"linkid": "chworks",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Housing',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Community HousingWorks',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access to Email Accounts',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'Other personal information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-12-22',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-10-07',
 'description': 'The California Attorney General reported a data breach '
                'involving Community HousingWorks (CHW) on October 7, 2024. '
                'The breach, which occurred on or around December 22, 2023, '
                'involved unauthorized access to employee email accounts, '
                'potentially compromising names, Social Security numbers, and '
                'other personal information of affected individuals. The '
                'number of individuals affected is currently unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Other personal information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-10-07',
                 'source': 'California Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Community HousingWorks',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}