Housing Authority of Thurston County

Housing Authority of Thurston County

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the Housing Authority of Thurston County (HATC) on April 15, 2019. The incident, which occurred on March 13, 2019, was a ransomware attack affecting 25,357 residents, compromising names and social security numbers. HATC does not believe that data was accessed by unauthorized individuals.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10560

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/housing-authority-of-thurston

"id": "hou317072825",
"linkid": "housing-authority-of-thurston",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "3/2019",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 25357,
                        'industry': 'Housing',
                        'location': 'Thurston County, Washington',
                        'name': 'Housing Authority of Thurston County',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 25357,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'social security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2019-03-13',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-04-15',
 'description': 'A ransomware attack affecting 25,357 residents, compromising '
                'names and social security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'social security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-04-15',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Housing Authority of Thurston County Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}
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