State Bar of California

The confidential information of the State Bar of California was breached in a recent cyber incident.

The breached data of about 260,000 attorney discipline cases including case numbers, file dates, information about the types of cases and their statuses, respondent and complaining witnesses' names were published online.

The State Bar along with IT experts started investigating the incident.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-27/california-bar-investigates-possible-data-breach-after-discipline-records-published-online?&web_view=true

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/state-bar-of-california

"id": "sta19321322",
"linkid": "state-bar-of-california",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "02/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "7",
"explanation": "Attack that could injure or kill people"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Legal',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'State Bar of California',
                        'type': 'Government Organization'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'number_of_records_exposed': '260,000',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Confidential',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['case numbers',
                                              'file dates',
                                              'types of cases',
                                              'statuses',
                                              'respondent names',
                                              "complaining witnesses' names"]},
 'description': 'The confidential information of the State Bar of California '
                'was breached in a recent cyber incident.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['case numbers',
                                 'file dates',
                                 'types of cases',
                                 'statuses',
                                 'respondent names',
                                 "complaining witnesses' names"]},
 'investigation_status': 'Started',
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['IT experts']},
 'title': 'State Bar of California Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}