Radio Free Asia

Radio Free Asia

Radio Free Asia, a U.S. government-sponsored news outlet suffered a breach that affected almost 4,000 people.

The breach involved personal information including Social Security and passport numbers, as well as financial data.

Around 3,779 individuals were affected by the hack including the theft of addresses, driver’s license numbers, health insurance information, medical information, and “limited financial information.”

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/personal-data-of-nearly-4000-people-leaked-in-hack-of-radio-free-asia/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/radio-free-asia

"id": "rad2040231122",
"linkid": "radio-free-asia",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3779,
                        'industry': 'Media',
                        'name': 'Radio Free Asia',
                        'type': 'News Outlet'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3779,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'passport numbers',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'driver’s license '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'passport numbers',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'driver’s license numbers',
                                              'health insurance information',
                                              'medical information',
                                              'limited financial information']},
 'description': 'Radio Free Asia, a U.S. government-sponsored news outlet '
                'suffered a breach that affected almost 4,000 people. The '
                'breach involved personal information including Social '
                'Security and passport numbers, as well as financial data. '
                'Around 3,779 individuals were affected by the hack including '
                'the theft of addresses, driver’s license numbers, health '
                'insurance information, medical information, and “limited '
                'financial information.”',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'passport numbers',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'driver’s license numbers',
                                 'health insurance information',
                                 'medical information',
                                 'limited financial information']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Radio Free Asia',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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