Renton Regional Fire Authority

Renton Regional Fire Authority

On August 4, 2021, the Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Renton Regional Fire Authority that took place from February 19, 2021 to March 31, 2021, due to unauthorized access through phishing. Approximately 1,334 residents were affected, and the compromised information included names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial information, full dates of birth, and medical information.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10793

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/rentonrfa

"id": "ren942072825",
"linkid": "rentonrfa",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1334,
                        'industry': 'Public Safety',
                        'location': 'Renton, Washington',
                        'name': 'Renton Regional Fire Authority',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1334,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              "driver's license numbers",
                                              'financial information',
                                              'full dates of birth',
                                              'medical information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-03-31',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-04',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access through phishing resulted in a data '
                'breach affecting approximately 1,334 residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 "driver's license numbers",
                                 'financial information',
                                 'full dates of birth',
                                 'medical information']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Phishing'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Phishing'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-08-04',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Renton Regional Fire Authority',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human'}
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