Dallas County, Texas

Dallas County, Texas

The Texas Attorney General reported a data breach involving Dallas County on July 10, 2024. The breach, discovered on June 27, 2024, occurred due to external system hacking on October 16, 2023, affecting a total of 201,404 individuals with specific impact on one resident's name.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/31906630-6e37-40e0-828c-e094feb7bcd7.html

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/dallas-county

"id": "dal824080425",
"linkid": "dallas-county",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 201404,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Dallas, Texas',
                        'name': 'Dallas County',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'External System Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 201404,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Name'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name']},
 'date_detected': '2024-06-27',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2024-07-10',
 'description': 'The Texas Attorney General reported a data breach involving '
                'Dallas County on July 10, 2024. The breach, discovered on '
                'June 27, 2024, occurred due to external system hacking on '
                'October 16, 2023, affecting a total of 201,404 individuals '
                "with specific impact on one resident's name.",
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2024-07-10',
                 'source': 'Texas Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Dallas County Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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