The City of Los Banos

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the City of Los Banos on January 31, 2020. The breach occurred on September 23, 2019, due to the theft of a city-owned laptop from an employee's vehicle, potentially exposing personal information including names and Social Security numbers of affected individuals. The exact number of individuals affected is unknown.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-186853

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

"id": "cit034072925",
"linkid": "city-of-los-banos",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Los Banos, California',
                        'name': 'City of Los Banos',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Unknown',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2020-01-31',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-01-31',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving the City of Los Banos on January 31, 2020. '
                'The breach occurred on September 23, 2019, due to the theft '
                "of a city-owned laptop from an employee's vehicle, "
                'potentially exposing personal information including names and '
                'Social Security numbers of affected individuals. The exact '
                'number of individuals affected is unknown.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Physical Theft'},
 'motivation': 'Unknown',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Lack of Physical Security'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-01-31',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
 'title': 'Data Breach at City of Los Banos',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Lack of Physical Security'}