Homeward Pet Adoption Center

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Homeward Pet Adoption Center on September 18, 2020. The breach, which occurred between February 7, 2020 and May 20, 2020, was due to a ransomware cyberattack impacting approximately 36,050 Washington residents, with personal information including names and dates of birth disclosed.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10315

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/homeward-pet-adoption-center

"id": "hom603072925",
"linkid": "homeward-pet-adoption-center",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 36050,
                        'industry': 'Pet Adoption',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Homeward Pet Adoption Center',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 36050,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Dates of Birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-18',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving Homeward Pet Adoption Center on '
                'September 18, 2020. The breach, which occurred between '
                'February 7, 2020 and May 20, 2020, was due to a ransomware '
                'cyberattack impacting approximately 36,050 Washington '
                'residents, with personal information including names and '
                'dates of birth disclosed.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Dates of Birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-09-18',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Homeward Pet Adoption Center Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}