City of Encinitas

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the City of Encinitas and San Dieguito Water District on July 15, 2014. The breach occurred when a Cal-PERS payment document containing social security numbers and names was inadvertently made public on the City’s website from May 13, 2014, to July 3, 2014, affecting 16 individuals.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-45886

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-city-of-encinitas

"id": "the223072625",
"linkid": "the-city-of-encinitas",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2014",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 16,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Encinitas, California',
                        'name': 'City of Encinitas',
                        'type': 'Government'},
                       {'customers_affected': 16,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Encinitas, California',
                        'name': 'San Dieguito Water District',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Public Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 16,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Names']},
 'date_detected': '2014-07-15',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2014-07-15',
 'description': 'A Cal-PERS payment document containing social security '
                'numbers and names was inadvertently made public on the City’s '
                'website from May 13, 2014, to July 3, 2014, affecting 16 '
                'individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers', 'Names']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2014-07-15',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at City of Encinitas and San Dieguito Water District',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}