Government of Nova Scotia

The Nova Scotia government faced another privacy breach.

This breach involved an unknown number of Workers' Compensation Board appeal decisions that include the names of workers and some intimate personal information about them.

Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/nova-scotia-government-saying-little-privacy-breach-1.5566936

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/government-of-nova-scotia

"id": "gov036301222",
"linkid": "government-of-nova-scotia",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Nova Scotia',
                        'name': 'Nova Scotia Government',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ["Workers' Compensation Board "
                                              'appeal decisions',
                                              'Names of workers',
                                              'Intimate personal information']},
 'description': 'The Nova Scotia government faced another privacy breach. This '
                "breach involved an unknown number of Workers' Compensation "
                'Board appeal decisions that include the names of workers and '
                'some intimate personal information about them.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Workers' Compensation Board appeal decisions",
                                 'Names of workers',
                                 'Intimate personal information']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Nova Scotia Government'}],
 'title': 'Nova Scotia Government Privacy Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}