The emails of about 1,100 residents have been compromised following a data breach of two waste collection apps.
All affected users have been notified of the data breach.
Only email addresses were accessed by the unauthorized party and information such as names, locations or passwords had not been impacted.
Source: https://globalnews.ca/news/4159064/1100-hamilton-residents-emails-compromised-following-data-breach/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/recyclecoach
"id": "rec154326622",
"linkid": "recyclecoach",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2018",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['1,100 residents'],
'size': ['1,100 residents'],
'type': 'Residents'}],
'customer_advisories': ['Notified all affected users'],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': ['1,100'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['email addresses']},
'description': 'The emails of about 1,100 residents have been compromised '
'following a data breach of two waste collection apps. All '
'affected users have been notified of the data breach. Only '
'email addresses were accessed by the unauthorized party and '
'information such as names, locations or passwords had not '
'been impacted.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['email addresses'],
'systems_affected': ['two waste collection apps']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Notified all affected users']},
'title': 'Data Breach of Waste Collection Apps',
'type': 'Data Breach'}