Cook County failed to protect the public's personal information.
The private information of anyone issued a traffic citation in the state of Illinois has been readily available to anyone who asks for it.
Personal information such as birthdays, addresses, license plate numbers and more.
They were able to pull up sensitive information of public officials including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
CBS also found information for everyone including celebrity athletes, federal judges, police officers and domestic violence victims.
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/traffic-records-personal-information/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/cook-county
"id": "coo021101122",
"linkid": "cook-county",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "07/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Illinois, USA',
'name': 'Cook County',
'type': 'Government'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['birthdays',
'addresses',
'license plate numbers']},
'description': "Cook County failed to protect the public's personal "
'information. The private information of anyone issued a '
'traffic citation in the state of Illinois has been readily '
'available to anyone who asks for it. Personal information '
'such as birthdays, addresses, license plate numbers and more '
'were exposed. Sensitive information of public officials, '
'including Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County Sheriff '
'Tom Dart, was accessible. Information for other individuals, '
'including celebrity athletes, federal judges, police '
'officers, and domestic violence victims, was also found.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['birthdays',
'addresses',
'license plate numbers']},
'initial_access_broker': {'high_value_targets': ['Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel',
'Cook County Sheriff Tom '
'Dart']},
'references': [{'source': 'CBS'}],
'title': 'Cook County Traffic Citation Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}