County of Rockland

An unknown number of canceled checks bearing Social Security and bank account numbers of Rockland town employees were scattered in street after wind knocked them from a loaded recycling truck.

The breach affected hundreds of present and past town workers.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/ma-rockland-town-employees%e2%80%99-old-payroll-info-scattered-in-street/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/county-of-rockland

"id": "cou232971022",
"linkid": "county-of-rockland",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2010",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Hundreds of present and past '
                                              'town workers',
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Rockland',
                        'name': 'Rockland Town',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'Bank account numbers']},
 'description': 'An unknown number of canceled checks bearing Social Security '
                'and bank account numbers of Rockland town employees were '
                'scattered in street after wind knocked them from a loaded '
                'recycling truck. The breach affected hundreds of present and '
                'past town workers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'Bank account numbers']},
 'threat_actor': 'Natural forces (wind)',
 'title': 'Data Breach of Canceled Checks in Rockland',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}