City of Sebastopol

City of Sebastopol

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach by the City of Sebastopol on December 22, 2021. The breach involved unauthorized access to an employee's email account between April 28, 2021, and May 11, 2021, potentially compromising individuals' names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account information, and health information.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-548804

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

"id": "cit214072625",
"linkid": "city-of-sebastopol-ca",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Sebastopol, California',
                        'name': 'City of Sebastopol',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              "driver's license numbers",
                                              'financial account information',
                                              'health information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-12-22',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-12-22',
 'description': "Unauthorized access to an employee's email account "
                "potentially compromising individuals' names, Social Security "
                "numbers, driver's license numbers, financial account "
                'information, and health information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 "driver's license numbers",
                                 'financial account information',
                                 'health information']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-12-22',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'City of Sebastopol Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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