Minnesota Department of Human Services

Minnesota Department of Human Services suffered a data breach through an employee’s e-mail account.

The attack exposed the personal information of about 11,000 people.

The hackers were immediately detected and the servers were secured.

Source: https://securityaffairs.co/wordpress/83609/data-breach/minnesota-department-of-human-services-breach.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/minnesota-department-of-human-services

"id": "min21149222",
"linkid": "minnesota-department-of-human-services",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2018",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

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                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Minnesota, USA',
                        'name': 'Minnesota Department of Human Services',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 11000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'description': 'Minnesota Department of Human Services suffered a data breach '
                'through an employee’s e-mail account. The attack exposed the '
                'personal information of about 11,000 people. The hackers were '
                'immediately detected and the servers were secured.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information'],
            'systems_affected': ['Email Servers']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Compromised Email Account'},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Secured Servers']},
 'title': 'Minnesota Department of Human Services Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Compromised Email Account'}