Iowa Secretary of State

The state of Iowa was targeted by multiple phishing email campaigns in April 2017.

The exposed information includes name, mailing address, phone number, medical information, and social security number.

Together, the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) and the Iowa Veterans Home responded to the incident, coordinated its recovery, and collaborated on the implementation of further safeguards against a breach.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/iowa-veterans-home-warns-nearly-3000-of-data-breach-after-phishing-incident/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/iowa-secretary-of-state

"id": "iow155516822",
"linkid": "iowa-secretary-of-state",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
                        'location': 'Iowa, USA',
                        'name': 'Iowa Veterans Home',
                        'type': 'Governmental'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing Emails',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Name',
                                                         'Mailing Address',
                                                         'Phone Number',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'Number'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
                                              'Information',
                                              'Medical Information']},
 'date_detected': 'April 2017',
 'description': 'The state of Iowa was targeted by multiple phishing email '
                'campaigns in April 2017. The exposed information includes '
                'name, mailing address, phone number, medical information, and '
                'social security number.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name',
                                 'Mailing Address',
                                 'Phone Number',
                                 'Medical Information',
                                 'Social Security Number']},
 'response': {'recovery_measures': 'Coordinated recovery and implementation of '
                                   'further safeguards'},
 'title': 'Phishing Campaign Targeting Iowa State',
 'type': 'Phishing Campaign'}