City of Lacey

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach affecting the City of Lacey on November 15, 2019. The breach occurred from August 27 to October 28, 2019, due to a malware cyberattack that potentially compromised the data of 6,209 customer accounts, including names and financial information. The City of Lacey has shut down the payment system and is cooperating with law enforcement during the ongoing investigation.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10518

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-lacey-wa

"id": "cit938072625",
"linkid": "city-of-lacey-wa",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "8/2019",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 6209,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Lacey, Washington',
                        'name': 'City of Lacey',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 6209,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'financial information']},
 'date_detected': '2019-11-15',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-11-15',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach affecting the City of Lacey on November 15, '
                '2019. The breach occurred from August 27 to October 28, 2019, '
                'due to a malware cyberattack that potentially compromised the '
                'data of 6,209 customer accounts, including names and '
                'financial information. The City of Lacey has shut down the '
                'payment system and is cooperating with law enforcement during '
                'the ongoing investigation.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'financial information'],
            'systems_affected': ['payment system']},
 'investigation_status': 'ongoing',
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-11-15',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['shut down the payment system'],
              'law_enforcement_notified': True},
 'title': 'Data Breach at City of Lacey',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}