City of Newport

City of Newport

The City of Newport reported a data breach on July 12, 2022, following unauthorized activity in its network from June 8 to June 9, 2022. Approximately 5,516 individuals were affected, with compromised information including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and health insurance details. The City is offering affected individuals two years of complimentary credit monitoring services through Experian.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c6e33500-ce92-43c0-950f-7cfdc9ca18e0.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-newport-rhode-island

"id": "cit047072425",
"linkid": "city-of-newport-rhode-island",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
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                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Newport',
                        'name': 'City of Newport',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 5516,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'financial account numbers',
                                              'health insurance details']},
 'date_detected': '2022-06-08',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-07-12',
 'description': 'The City of Newport reported a data breach on July 12, 2022, '
                'following unauthorized activity in its network from June 8 to '
                'June 9, 2022. Approximately 5,516 individuals were affected, '
                'with compromised information including names, addresses, '
                'Social Security numbers, financial account numbers, and '
                'health insurance details. The City is offering affected '
                'individuals two years of complimentary credit monitoring '
                'services through Experian.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'financial account numbers',
                                 'health insurance details']},
 'references': [{'source': 'City of Newport'}],
 'title': 'City of Newport Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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