City of Philadelphia

The City of Philadelphia reports that a cyberattack resulted in a data breach that exposed the City's email accounts.

The City of Philadelphia said that all potentially affected email accounts are the subject of a thorough manual and programmatic assessment.

Each person's exposure to information varies, but it may contain limited financial data, such as claims information, medical information, and demographic data like name, address, date of birth, social security number, and other contact details.

Along with adding more administrative and technological security measures, the City is also evaluating its current rules and procedures. Additionally, it alerts pertinent authorities and agencies, such as the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/152909/hacking/city-of-philadelphia-data-breach.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-philadelphia

"id": "cit149121123",
"linkid": "city-of-philadelphia",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Philadelphia, PA',
                        'name': 'City of Philadelphia',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Cyberattack',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['name',
                                                         'address',
                                                         'date of birth',
                                                         'social security '
                                                         'number',
                                                         'contact details'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'high',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['limited financial data',
                                              'claims information',
                                              'medical information',
                                              'demographic data']},
 'description': 'The City of Philadelphia reports that a cyberattack resulted '
                "in a data breach that exposed the City's email accounts.",
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['limited financial data',
                                 'claims information',
                                 'medical information',
                                 'demographic data'],
            'systems_affected': ['email accounts']},
 'investigation_status': 'ongoing',
 'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': ['U.S. Department of '
                                                        'Health and Human '
                                                        'Services']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['adding more administrative and '
                                       'technological security measures']},
 'title': 'Cyberattack on City of Philadelphia Email Accounts',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}