The California Office of the Attorney General reported that the City of Oceanside experienced a cyberattack potentially exposing customer names, billing addresses, and credit card information of individuals who paid their utility bills online between June 1, 2017, and August 15, 2017. The breach was reported on September 6, 2017, and involved malicious code infiltrating the online payment system.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-101661
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-oceanside
"id": "cit940072625",
"linkid": "city-of-oceanside",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Oceanside, California',
'name': 'City of Oceanside',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Malicious Code',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Customer Names',
'Billing Addresses',
'Credit Card Information']},
'date_detected': '2017-09-06',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-09-06',
'description': 'The City of Oceanside experienced a cyberattack potentially '
'exposing customer names, billing addresses, and credit card '
'information of individuals who paid their utility bills '
'online between June 1, 2017, and August 15, 2017. The breach '
'was reported on September 6, 2017, and involved malicious '
'code infiltrating the online payment system.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Customer Names',
'Billing Addresses',
'Credit Card Information'],
'systems_affected': ['Online Payment System']},
'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'City of Oceanside Cyberattack',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Online Payment System'}