City of Torrance

City of Torrance

The California Office of the Attorney General reported on October 18, 2020, that the City of Torrance experienced a cybersecurity incident on March 1, 2020, which may have involved individual names being compromised. The investigation revealed that some data was accessible on the internet.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-195232

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

"id": "cit350072725",
"linkid": "cityoftorrance",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2020",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Torrance, California',
                        'name': 'City of Torrance',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Individual names']},
 'date_detected': '2020-03-01',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-10-18',
 'description': 'The City of Torrance experienced a cybersecurity incident '
                'that may have involved individual names being compromised.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Individual names']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-10-18',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'City of Torrance Cybersecurity Incident',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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