A non-password-protected database of Cook County, Ill exposed 323,000 court records for at least four-month.
The database exposed the names of various people involved in sensitive criminal, domestic abuse, or child-custody court cases.
The exposed data included personally identifiable information (PII) such as full names, home addresses, email addresses, case numbers, and private details about the cases.
Source: https://threatpost.com/criminal-domestic-case-cook-county-leak23k-sensitive-court-records/163336/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cook-county-government
"id": "coo25919622",
"linkid": "cook-county-government",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 323000,
'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Cook County, Ill',
'name': 'Cook County',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unsecured Database',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 323000,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['full names',
'home addresses',
'email addresses'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['PII']},
'description': 'A non-password-protected database of Cook County, Ill exposed '
'323,000 court records for at least four-month. The database '
'exposed the names of various people involved in sensitive '
'criminal, domestic abuse, or child-custody court cases. The '
'exposed data included personally identifiable information '
'(PII) such as full names, home addresses, email addresses, '
'case numbers, and private details about the cases.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['full names',
'home addresses',
'email addresses',
'case numbers',
'private details about the cases']},
'title': 'Cook County Court Records Data Exposure',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Non-password-protected database'}