United States Military

United States Military

U.S. military and government suffered from a data breach incident in September 2016.

The personal information and contact details of about 1,300 were stolen from the staff by a citizen of Kosovo and given to Islamic State militants.

After entering a guilty to terrorist and hacking-related offences,hacker gets 20 years prison.

Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-justice-hacker-idUSKCN11T1XC

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/usmilitary

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"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2016",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"
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                        'location': 'United States',
                        'name': 'U.S. Military and Government',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1300,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal information',
                                              'Contact details']},
 'date_detected': '2016-09-01',
 'description': 'The personal information and contact details of about 1,300 '
                'staff members were stolen and given to Islamic State '
                'militants.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal information', 'Contact details'],
            'legal_liabilities': ['20 years prison sentence for the hacker']},
 'motivation': 'Terrorism',
 'references': [{'source': 'Cyber Incident Description'}],
 'regulatory_compliance': {'legal_actions': ['20 years prison sentence for the '
                                             'hacker']},
 'threat_actor': 'A citizen of Kosovo',
 'title': 'Data Breach of U.S. Military and Government',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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