The California Office of the Attorney General reported on August 23, 2021, that the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority experienced a data breach on March 25, 2021. An unknown actor accessed VTA systems, potentially compromising names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, bank account information, medical information, and health insurance information of VTA employees.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-544173
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/vta
"id": "vta917072825",
"linkid": "vta",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Transportation',
'location': 'Santa Clara, California',
'name': 'Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority',
'type': 'Government'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security Numbers',
'bank account information',
'medical information',
'health insurance information']},
'date_detected': '2021-03-25',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-23',
'description': 'An unknown actor accessed VTA systems, potentially '
'compromising names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, bank '
'account information, medical information, and health '
'insurance information of VTA employees.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'Social Security Numbers',
'bank account information',
'medical information',
'health insurance information']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-08-23',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
'title': 'Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}