Seattle Housing Authority

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported that the Seattle Housing Authority experienced a data breach involving a cyberattack, specifically ransomware, between August 9, 2023, and October 6, 2023. A total of 32,007 Washington residents were potentially affected, with compromised information including names, Social Security numbers, and financial information. The date of reporting was November 10, 2023.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=15923

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/seattle-housing-authority

"id": "sea851072825",
"linkid": "seattle-housing-authority",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "8/2023",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 32007,
                        'industry': 'Housing',
                        'location': 'Seattle, Washington',
                        'name': 'Seattle Housing Authority',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 32007,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'financial information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-08-09',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-11-10',
 'description': 'The Seattle Housing Authority experienced a data breach '
                'involving a ransomware attack, potentially affecting 32,007 '
                'Washington residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'financial information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-11-10',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Seattle Housing Authority Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach, Ransomware'}