Timberland Regional Library District

TRL experienced data security breach involving questionable access to one of its workers' email accounts.

The forensic investigation concluded that there was evidence of unauthorized access to two (2) TRL employees’ email accounts spanning from August 21, 2020, through January 25, 2021.

The investigation identified the existence of limited personal information within these mailboxes, including dates of birth.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/timberland-regional-library-takes-action-after-learning-of-data-security-incident/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/timberland-regional-library

"id": "tim7482123",
"linkid": "timberland-regional-library",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'name': 'TRL', 'type': 'Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['dates of birth'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal information',
                                              'dates of birth']},
 'description': 'TRL experienced a data security breach involving questionable '
                "access to one of its workers' email accounts. The forensic "
                'investigation concluded that there was evidence of '
                'unauthorized access to two (2) TRL employees’ email accounts '
                'spanning from August 21, 2020, through January 25, 2021. The '
                'investigation identified the existence of limited personal '
                'information within these mailboxes, including dates of birth.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['personal information', 'dates of birth'],
            'systems_affected': ['email accounts']},
 'investigation_status': 'Completed',
 'title': 'TRL Email Account Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unauthorized Access'}