Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center

The Washington Attorney General's Office reported that the Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center (HSDC) experienced a ransomware cyberattack, with the breach reported on August 13, 2020. The breach, discovered on July 16, 2020, affected approximately 8,441 residents, with names and birthdates potentially compromised, while social security numbers, credit card data, and bank account information were not affected.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10224

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/hsdcorg

"id": "hsd716072625",
"linkid": "hsdcorg",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 8441,
                        'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center (HSDC)',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 8441,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names', 'Birthdates'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Birthdates']},
 'date_detected': '2020-07-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-13',
 'description': 'The Hearing, Speech & Deaf Center (HSDC) experienced a '
                'ransomware cyberattack.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Birthdates']},
 'references': [{'source': "Washington Attorney General's Office"}],
 'title': 'HSDC Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}