City of Quincy, Illinois

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that the City of Quincy, Illinois experienced a data breach due to external hacking on April 27, 2022, affecting a total of 36,080 individuals. The breach involved unauthorized access to personal files which included names, addresses, and Social Security numbers, with written notice provided to one Maine resident on September 19, 2022.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/4738d8be-c5eb-4aa6-b2a0-419e14033c29.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-quincy

"id": "cit017072825",
"linkid": "city-of-quincy",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 36080,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Quincy, Illinois',
                        'name': 'City of Quincy',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 36080,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-04-27',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-09-19',
 'description': 'The City of Quincy, Illinois experienced a data breach due to '
                'external hacking on April 27, 2022, affecting a total of '
                '36,080 individuals. The breach involved unauthorized access '
                'to personal files which included names, addresses, and Social '
                'Security numbers, with written notice provided to one Maine '
                'resident on September 19, 2022.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-09-19',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'City of Quincy Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}