Edinburgh City Council fell victim to a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of 13,000 email addresses.
The hosting service or CDN or cloud provider of the council was targeted in an attack by the hackers that caused the breach.
The council contacted everyone who was affected by the attack and offered them advice and support.
Source: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/edinburgh-council-attack-breaches/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/city-of-edinburgh-council
"id": "the20126422",
"linkid": "city-of-edinburgh-council",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "07/2015",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 13000,
'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Edinburgh, UK',
'name': 'Edinburgh City Council',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Third-party Vendor Compromise',
'customer_advisories': 'The council contacted everyone who was affected by '
'the attack and offered them advice and support.',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 13000,
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Email Addresses'},
'description': 'Edinburgh City Council fell victim to a cyberattack that '
'resulted in the theft of 13,000 email addresses. The hosting '
'service or CDN or cloud provider of the council was targeted '
'in an attack by the hackers that caused the breach. The '
'council contacted everyone who was affected by the attack and '
'offered them advice and support.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Email Addresses']},
'motivation': 'Data Theft',
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'The council contacted everyone who '
'was affected by the attack and '
'offered them advice and support.'},
'title': 'Edinburgh City Council Cyberattack',
'type': 'Data Breach'}