City of Jacksonville Beach, Florida

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported on March 20, 2024, that the City of Jacksonville Beach, Florida (COJB) experienced a data breach from January 22 to January 29, 2024, due to external system hacking, affecting a total of 48,949 individuals, with 38 Maine residents specifically notified. Sensitive information potentially exposed includes names and Social Security numbers, and COJB is offering twelve months of identity theft protection services through Epiq.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7fdcbaaa-439c-4e21-bcb8-489a7114130c.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-jacksonville-beach

"id": "cit347072625",
"linkid": "city-of-jacksonville-beach",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2024",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 48949,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Jacksonville Beach, Florida',
                        'name': 'City of Jacksonville Beach',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 48949,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2024-01-22',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-03-20',
 'description': 'The City of Jacksonville Beach, Florida (COJB) experienced a '
                'data breach from January 22 to January 29, 2024, due to '
                'external system hacking, affecting a total of 48,949 '
                'individuals, with 38 Maine residents specifically notified. '
                'Sensitive information potentially exposed includes names and '
                'Social Security numbers, and COJB is offering twelve months '
                'of identity theft protection services through Epiq.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-03-20',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Epiq'},
 'title': 'City of Jacksonville Beach Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}