Cumbria Police acknowledges significant data breach after worker names and salaries are posted online.
Details of a second incident involving the July theft of paperwork and a laptop from a car in Newtownabbey also came to light.
The breach had a "low" impact, according to Cumbria Police, but the force nevertheless had to get in touch with everyone who was affected.
Source: https://www.lancs.live/news/cumbria-news/cumbria-police-admits-huge-data-27508314
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"id": "cum94713823",
"linkid": "cumbriapolice",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "07/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Sector',
'location': 'Cumbria, UK',
'name': 'Cumbria Police',
'type': 'Law Enforcement Agency'}],
'attack_vector': ['Stolen Equipment', 'Unauthorized Data Posting'],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Worker Names',
'Worker Salaries']},
'description': 'Cumbria Police acknowledges significant data breach after '
'worker names and salaries are posted online. Details of a '
'second incident involving the July theft of paperwork and a '
'laptop from a car in Newtownabbey also came to light.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Worker Names', 'Worker Salaries']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Contacted all affected individuals'},
'title': 'Cumbria Police Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}