A lapse in security at the Colorado Judicial Department suffered by a data breach incident in August 2017.
On the department's internal network, 620,945 names with accompanying Social Security numbers and dates of birth were visible.
41,140 names and similar data were exposed outside and were accessible to everyone online.
State officials informed everyone on the list of persons exposed about the security breach, both internally and externally.
Advice and motivation on "how to check their own credit information" were included in notifications.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/state-juror-pool-data-breach-exposed-social-security-numbers/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/colorado-judicial-branch
"id": "col175181122",
"linkid": "colorado-judicial-branch",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 41140,
'industry': 'Judicial',
'location': 'Colorado',
'name': 'Colorado Judicial Department',
'type': 'Government'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 41140,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
'dates of birth']},
'date_detected': 'August 2017',
'description': 'A lapse in security at the Colorado Judicial Department '
'resulted in a data breach incident in August 2017. On the '
"department's internal network, 620,945 names with "
'accompanying Social Security numbers and dates of birth were '
'visible. 41,140 names and similar data were exposed '
'externally and were accessible to everyone online.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers', 'dates of birth'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'source': 'Colorado Judicial Department'}],
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'State officials informed everyone on '
'the list of persons exposed about the '
'security breach, both internally and '
'externally. Advice and motivation on '
"'how to check their own credit "
"information' were included in "
'notifications.'},
'title': 'Colorado Judicial Department Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}