Town of Tiverton

Tiverton Town Council was targeted in a cyberattack in February 2017.

Every council document stored in the system since 2015 was destroyed when a town clerk unintentionally opened an email that included a virus.

The virus infected the town hall IT system.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/uk-tiverton-town-hall-has-two-years-worth-of-documents-deleted-by-virus-that-demanded-3000-ransom/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/town-of-tiverton

"id": "tow1118722",
"linkid": "town-of-tiverton",
"type": "Malware",
"date": "02/2017",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Tiverton',
                        'name': 'Tiverton Town Council',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Council Documents']},
 'date_detected': 'February 2017',
 'description': 'Tiverton Town Council was targeted in a cyberattack in '
                'February 2017. Every council document stored in the system '
                'since 2015 was destroyed when a town clerk unintentionally '
                'opened an email that included a virus. The virus infected the '
                'town hall IT system.',
 'impact': {'systems_affected': ['Town Hall IT System']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email'},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': ['Human Error']},
 'title': 'Tiverton Town Council Cyberattack',
 'type': 'Cyberattack',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}