The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the County of Sacramento on August 26, 2016. The breach occurred on August 8, 2015, due to an error in the Accela software that potentially exposed personal data to unauthorized users. The specific number of individuals affected is unknown, and the types of information compromised include names, addresses, social security numbers, driver’s licenses, phone numbers, and dates of birth.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-63584
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sacramento-county
"id": "sac1000072525",
"linkid": "sacramento-county",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "8/2015",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Sacramento, California',
'name': 'County of Sacramento',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Software Error',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'social security numbers',
'driver’s licenses',
'phone numbers',
'dates of birth']},
'date_detected': '2016-08-26',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-08-26',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving the County of Sacramento on August 26, 2016. '
'The breach occurred on August 8, 2015, due to an error in the '
'Accela software that potentially exposed personal data to '
'unauthorized users. The specific number of individuals '
'affected is unknown, and the types of information compromised '
'include names, addresses, social security numbers, driver’s '
'licenses, phone numbers, and dates of birth.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'social security numbers',
'driver’s licenses',
'phone numbers',
'dates of birth']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Software Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-08-26',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at County of Sacramento',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Accela Software Error'}