Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the Communications Workers of America on January 22, 2021. The breach involved unauthorized access to a document containing members' personal information, specifically names and Social Security Numbers, which was stored in an unencrypted format on a private server.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-537352

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/cwaunion

"id": "cwa235072525",
"linkid": "cwaunion",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Labor',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Communications Workers of America',
                        'type': 'Union'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'No',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-01-22',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-01-22',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving the Communications Workers of America on '
                'January 22, 2021. The breach involved unauthorized access to '
                "a document containing members' personal information, "
                'specifically names and Social Security Numbers, which was '
                'stored in an unencrypted format on a private server.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-01-22',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Communications Workers of America',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unencrypted Data Storage'}