Hundreds of personal email addresses were sent to residents in a huge data breach by the county council.
West Sussex County Council sent out emails to people who commented on plans to build an incinerator in Horsham, the vast majority of whom objected.
People who received the message could see the email addresses of all the other recipients.
The exact email addresses compromised is yet to confirm but more than 1,160 objections were received by the council.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/uk-hundreds-of-email-addresses-revealed-in-gaffe/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/west-sussex-county-council
"id": "wes12439822",
"linkid": "west-sussex-county-council",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "06/2018",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'More than 1,160',
'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'West Sussex, UK',
'name': 'West Sussex County Council',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'More than 1,160',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Email addresses'},
'description': 'Hundreds of personal email addresses were sent to residents '
'in a huge data breach by the county council. West Sussex '
'County Council sent out emails to people who commented on '
'plans to build an incinerator in Horsham, the vast majority '
'of whom objected. People who received the message could see '
'the email addresses of all the other recipients. The exact '
'email addresses compromised is yet to confirm but more than '
'1,160 objections were received by the council.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Email addresses'},
'title': 'West Sussex County Council Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Inappropriate email handling'}