National Parks Conservation Association

National Parks Conservation Association

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported on August 21, 2020, a data breach involving the National Parks Conservation Association (NPCA) due to a ransomware cyberattack initiated between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The breach affected approximately 12,640 Washington residents, potentially exposing their names and full dates of birth, but no sensitive financial or personal information was compromised.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10260

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/national-parks-conservation-association

"id": "nat359072925",
"linkid": "national-parks-conservation-association",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 12640,
                        'industry': 'Environmental Conservation',
                        'location': 'Washington State',
                        'name': 'National Parks Conservation Association',
                        'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 12640,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-21',
 'description': 'A data breach involving the National Parks Conservation '
                'Association (NPCA) due to a ransomware cyberattack.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full dates of birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-21',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'National Parks Conservation Association Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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