Dakota County suffered a data security incident that involved protected health information maintained by the Dakota County Social Services Department.
An email account belonging to one of its employees was accessed without authorization which comprised private information belonging to approximately 1,000 current and former clients of Dakota County.
The private information included names, addresses, driver’s license numbers, Social Security numbers, health insurance information, and/or medical history, treatment, or diagnoses information.
"id": "DAK231713123",
"linkid": "dakota-county",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "04/2019",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"