On January 21, 2022, the California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach by the County of Kings involving a misconfiguration on their public web server. The breach, which occurred between February 15, 2021, and December 6, 2021, potentially exposed personal information such as names, dates of birth, addresses, and COVID-19 related information.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-550203
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/county-of-kings---califonia
"id": "cou653072725",
"linkid": "county-of-kings---califonia",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'California, USA',
'name': 'County of Kings',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Misconfiguration',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
'Dates of birth',
'Addresses'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
'Health Information']},
'date_detected': '2022-01-21',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-01-21',
'description': 'A data breach involving a misconfiguration on the public web '
'server of the County of Kings potentially exposed personal '
'information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Dates of birth',
'Addresses',
'COVID-19 related information'],
'systems_affected': ['Public web server']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Misconfiguration on the public web '
'server'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-01-21',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at County of Kings',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Public web server misconfiguration'}