Community Link, Inc.

The Wisconsin Department of Justice reported a data breach involving Community Link, Inc. on June 30, 2017. The breach occurred on May 31, 2017, due to unauthorized access to an employee work email account, affecting 5,500 Wisconsin residents. Exposed information included names and Social Security numbers.

Source: https://datcp.wi.gov/Pages/Programs_Services/DataBreachArchive.aspx

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/community-link-inc

"id": "com510071325",
"linkid": "community-link-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 5500,
                        'industry': 'Social Services',
                        'location': 'Wisconsin, USA',
                        'name': 'Community Link, Inc.',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 5500,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2017-05-31',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-06-30',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to an employee work email account exposed '
                'names and Social Security numbers of 5,500 Wisconsin '
                'residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-06-30',
                 'source': 'Wisconsin Department of Justice'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Community Link, Inc.',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access'}