Utah Department of Health and Human Services

Utah Department of Health and Human Services

Utah Department of Family and Child Services suffered from a data breach incident in May 2017 after an employee’s vehicle was broken into and copies of identification records needed for background checks were stolen.

The incident exposed the private information of 16 people.

They investigated the incident and asked copies of identification should not leave an employee’s hands.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/personal-information-of-16-utahns-stolen-from-dcfs-employees-vehicle-officials-say/

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

"id": "uta1554121022",
"linkid": "utahdhhs",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2017",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 16,
                        'industry': 'Public Services',
                        'location': 'Utah, USA',
                        'name': 'Utah Department of Family and Child Services',
                        'type': 'Government Agency'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 16,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Identification Records'},
 'date_detected': 'May 2017',
 'description': 'Utah Department of Family and Child Services suffered from a '
                'data breach incident in May 2017 after an employee’s vehicle '
                'was broken into and copies of identification records needed '
                'for background checks were stolen.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Identification Records',
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'lessons_learned': 'Copies of identification should not leave an employee’s '
                    'hands',
 'motivation': 'Unknown',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': 'Copies of identification '
                                                  'should not leave an '
                                                  'employee’s hands',
                            'root_causes': 'Unsecured Physical Records'},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Copies of identification should not '
                                       'leave an employee’s hands']},
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
 'title': 'Utah Department of Family and Child Services Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unsecured Physical Records'}
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