City of Wheat Ridge

City of Wheat Ridge

The Maine Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving the City of Wheat Ridge on October 5, 2022. The breach was discovered on August 29, 2022, and may have affected the personal information of three Maine residents, including names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7ca737d4-6f01-4e13-9a9c-d373cfe203b5.shtml

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

"id": "cit119072925",
"linkid": "cityofwheatridge",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Wheat Ridge, Colorado',
                        'name': 'City of Wheat Ridge',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              "driver's license numbers"]},
 'date_detected': '2022-08-29',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-10-05',
 'description': "The Maine Attorney General's Office reported a data breach "
                'involving the City of Wheat Ridge on October 5, 2022. The '
                'breach was discovered on August 29, 2022, and may have '
                'affected the personal information of three Maine residents, '
                "including names, Social Security numbers, and driver's "
                'license numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 "driver's license numbers"]},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-10-05',
                 'source': "Maine Attorney General's Office"}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at City of Wheat Ridge',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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