A file containing the 2020 W-2 Wage and Tax Statement information for all city employees was accidentally shared with (another city employee) by a city of Kent employee.
In an email sent from one employee to another, full names, addresses, salary information, and Social Security numbers were disclosed.
They investigated the incident and removed the email from the city’s system and the employee's.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/kent-europe
"id": "ken1015121122",
"linkid": "kent-europe",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Kent',
'name': 'City of Kent',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Accidental Sharing',
'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['W-2 Wage and Tax Statement'],
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Full names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Full names',
'Addresses',
'Salary information',
'Social Security numbers']},
'description': 'A file containing the 2020 W-2 Wage and Tax Statement '
'information for all city employees was accidentally shared '
'with another city employee by a city of Kent employee. In an '
'email sent from one employee to another, full names, '
'addresses, salary information, and Social Security numbers '
'were disclosed. They investigated the incident and removed '
"the email from the city’s system and the employee's.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Full names',
'Addresses',
'Salary information',
'Social Security numbers']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': ['Human Error']},
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Removed the email from the city’s '
"system and the employee's"]},
'title': 'Accidental Sharing of W-2 Information',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}