The Sacramento Bee

A ransomware attack exposed the voter records of 19.5 million California voters and 53,000 current and former subscribers to the newspaper.

The paper refused to pay the hackers' demand for a bitcoin ransom

They are notifying subscribers whose names, dates of births, phone numbers, and political affiliations was affected.

Source: https://www.scmagazine.com/news/ransomware-attack-on-sacramento-bee-database-exposes-voter-records-of-19-5m-californians/ransomware-attack-on-sacramento-bee-database-exposes-voter-records-of-19-5m-californians

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/the-sacramento-bee

"id": "the12346622",
"linkid": "the-sacramento-bee",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 53000,
                        'industry': 'Media',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'California Newspaper',
                        'type': 'Media Company'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': [19500000, 53000],
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'dates of births',
                                                         'phone numbers',
                                                         'political '
                                                         'affiliations'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['voter records',
                                              'subscriber information']},
 'description': 'A ransomware attack exposed the voter records of 19.5 million '
                'California voters and 53,000 current and former subscribers '
                'to the newspaper.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['voter records', 'subscriber information']},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': 'Bitcoin', 'ransom_paid': 'No'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notifying subscribers whose names, '
                                        'dates of births, phone numbers, and '
                                        'political affiliations were '
                                        'affected.'},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on California Newspaper',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}