U.S. Department of Labor

The Labor Department of the US suffered from a data breach incident in August 2017.

The Labor Department temporarily shut down the website so computer experts can evaluate security problems.

The compromised information includes personal information in the classic sense of Social Security numbers or detailed health information.

They investigated the incident and took preventive steps.

Source: https://revealnews.org/blog/labor-department-blames-data-breach-for-shutdown-of-employee-injury-reporting-site/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/u-s-department-of-labor

"id": "usd163271122",
"linkid": "u-s-department-of-labor",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'United States',
                        'name': 'Labor Department',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'high',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'detailed health information']},
 'date_detected': '2017-08-01',
 'description': 'The Labor Department of the US suffered from a data breach '
                'incident in August 2017. The Labor Department temporarily '
                'shut down the website so computer experts can evaluate '
                'security problems. The compromised information includes '
                'personal information in the classic sense of Social Security '
                'numbers or detailed health information. They investigated the '
                'incident and took preventive steps.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'detailed health information'],
            'downtime': 'temporary shutdown',
            'systems_affected': ['website']},
 'investigation_status': 'Investigated',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': ['preventive steps']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-10-01',
                 'source': 'Cyber Incident Description'}],
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['temporary shutdown of the website'],
              'remediation_measures': ['preventive steps']},
 'title': 'Labor Department Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}