Rochester Public Library

Rochester Public Library experienced a data breach that exposed the names and email addresses of 1,709 Rochester library customers.

The library staff got into direct communication with the potentially impacted customers and encouraged them to get a new library card or change their PIN.

The breach was a result of a random cyber attack on one of its library service partners, MNLINK.

Source: https://www.postbulletin.com/news/local/state-network-data-breach-has-potential-impact-on-some-rochester-public-library-users

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/rochester-public-library

"id": "roc023221222",
"linkid": "rochester-public-library",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '1,709',
                        'industry': 'Public Services',
                        'location': 'Rochester',
                        'name': 'Rochester Public Library',
                        'type': 'Public Library'}],
 'customer_advisories': 'Direct communication with impacted customers, '
                        'encouraged them to get a new library card or change '
                        'their PIN',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '1,709',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Email addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Email addresses']},
 'description': 'Rochester Public Library experienced a data breach that '
                'exposed the names and email addresses of 1,709 Rochester '
                'library customers. The breach was a result of a random cyber '
                'attack on one of its library service partners, MNLINK. The '
                'library staff got into direct communication with the '
                'potentially impacted customers and encouraged them to get a '
                'new library card or change their PIN.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Email addresses']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Direct communication with impacted '
                                        'customers, encouraged them to get a '
                                        'new library card or change their PIN'},
 'title': 'Rochester Public Library Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}