Pierce County inadvertently shared the last four Social Security digits for more than 463,000 registered voters in response to a public records request.
The sensitive information was sent by mistake last month to one person who sought public voter registration records from the county.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/pierceco
"id": "pie162722123",
"linkid": "pierceco",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "01/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 463000,
'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Pierce County, Washington',
'name': 'Pierce County',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 463000,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'Numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Digits'},
'description': 'Pierce County inadvertently shared the last four Social '
'Security digits for more than 463,000 registered voters in '
'response to a public records request.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Last four Social Security digits'},
'title': 'Pierce County Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}