City of Detroit

City of Detroit

The city offered free credit monitoring to its employees in the wake of a data breach in its email system, .

The breach happened Jan 16 and fewer than 10 email accounts were affected.

Some of the accounts contained sensitive information and the majority of the data was encrypted.

Source: https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2020/01/23/detroit-officials-warn-data-breach-exposed-city-workers-residents/4552143002/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-detroit

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"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
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                        'name': 'City Government',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email System Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Majority of the data was encrypted',
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 'Fewer than 10 email accounts',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Sensitive Information'},
 'date_detected': '2023-01-16',
 'description': 'The city offered free credit monitoring to its employees in '
                'the wake of a data breach in its email system.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Sensitive Information',
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 'response': {'recovery_measures': 'Free Credit Monitoring for Employees'},
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 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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