Walworth County

The Municipality of Walworth County, Wisconsin, reported a data breach on May 23, 2022, involving unauthorized access to employee email accounts discovered on November 15, 2021. The breach potentially exposed personal information, including names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth, but the number of affected individuals is unknown. As a response, the municipality is offering a complimentary one-year membership of Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B for identity protection.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/9fa51f36-96ab-4b35-9b15-5f9d78ec9c97.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/walworth-county-wi

"id": "wal131072625",
"linkid": "walworth-county-wi",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Wisconsin, USA',
                        'name': 'Municipality of Walworth County',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'Dates of birth'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-11-15',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-05-23',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts potentially '
                'exposing personal information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'Dates of birth']},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Offering complimentary one-year '
                                       'membership of Experian IdentityWorks '
                                       'Credit 3B for identity protection']},
 'title': 'Walworth County Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}