The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Johnson County, Texas, on November 23, 2022. The breach, discovered on July 7, 2022, potentially exposed personal information, including names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth, due to a file inadvertently left publicly available during a data migration project.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-559472
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/johnson-county
"id": "joh849072525",
"linkid": "johnson-county",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Johnson County, Texas',
'name': 'Johnson County, Texas',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Public Exposure',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'Dates of birth']},
'date_detected': '2022-07-07',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-11-23',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Johnson County, Texas, on November 23, 2022. '
'The breach, discovered on July 7, 2022, potentially exposed '
'personal information, including names, addresses, Social '
'Security numbers, and dates of birth, due to a file '
'inadvertently left publicly available during a data migration '
'project.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security numbers',
'Dates of birth']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Data Migration Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-11-23',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Johnson County, Texas Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Data Migration Error'}