Cook County

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/

"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"