Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident involving Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (Pierce Transit) on April 28, 2023. The breach, discovered on February 14, 2023, was the result of a ransomware attack and affected approximately 4,813 Washington residents, compromising information such as names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, medical information, and driver's license numbers.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=15028

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pierce-transit

"id": "pie100080525",
"linkid": "pierce-transit",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 4813,
                        'industry': 'Transportation',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Pierce County Public Transportation Benefit '
                                'Area Corporation (Pierce Transit)',
                        'type': 'Public Transportation'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 4813,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'medical information',
                                              "driver's license numbers"]},
 'date_detected': '2023-02-14',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-04-28',
 'description': 'A data breach incident involving Pierce County Public '
                'Transportation Benefit Area Corporation (Pierce Transit) was '
                'reported by the Washington State Office of the Attorney '
                'General on April 28, 2023. The breach, discovered on February '
                '14, 2023, was the result of a ransomware attack and affected '
                'approximately 4,813 Washington residents, compromising '
                'information such as names, Social Security numbers, dates of '
                "birth, medical information, and driver's license numbers.",
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'medical information',
                                 "driver's license numbers"]},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-04-28',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Pierce Transit Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}