The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident involving the Lakewood Water District on February 23, 2021. The breach occurred due to a ransomware attack on Automatic Funds Transfer Services, Inc (AFTS) servers between February 3 and February 4, 2021, potentially affecting 14,877 customers, although it is currently unknown which personal information may have been compromised.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/lakewood-water-district
"id": "lak628072725",
"linkid": "lakewood-water-district",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 14877,
'industry': 'Water Supply',
'location': 'Lakewood, Washington',
'name': 'Lakewood Water District',
'type': 'Public Utility'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 14877},
'date_detected': '2021-02-23',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-02-23',
'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
'a data breach incident involving the Lakewood Water District '
'on February 23, 2021. The breach occurred due to a ransomware '
'attack on Automatic Funds Transfer Services, Inc (AFTS) '
'servers between February 3 and February 4, 2021, potentially '
'affecting 14,877 customers, although it is currently unknown '
'which personal information may have been compromised.',
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-02-23',
'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Lakewood Water District Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}