On August 11, 2021, the Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving USA Waste-Management Resources, LLC. The breach, which was discovered between January 21 and 23, 2021, involved unauthorized access potentially affecting 6,225 Washington residents. The compromised information included names, Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/usa-waste-management
"id": "usa235072825",
"linkid": "usa-waste-management",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "1/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 6225,
'industry': 'Waste Management',
'location': 'Washington State',
'name': 'USA Waste-Management Resources, LLC',
'type': 'Company'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 6225,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
"driver's license numbers"]},
'date_detected': '2021-01-21 to 2021-01-23',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-11',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to personal information including names, '
"Social Security numbers, and driver's license numbers.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
"driver's license numbers"]},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-08-11',
'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at USA Waste-Management Resources, LLC',
'type': 'Data Breach'}