Winthrop Police Department

The Maine Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving the Winthrop Police Department on October 5, 2022. The breach, which occurred on September 14, 2022, involved a social engineering scheme that resulted in the unauthorized transfer of police department records, including names and Social Security numbers of certain Maine residents, to an unauthorized individual via email.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f6e625cc-41ca-49be-9a6d-e2ce4abfdde9.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/winthrop-police-department

"id": "win536072725",
"linkid": "winthrop-police-department",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2022",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Law Enforcement',
                        'location': 'Winthrop, Maine',
                        'name': 'Winthrop Police Department',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Social Engineering',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-09-14',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-10-05',
 'description': 'A data breach involving the Winthrop Police Department '
                'occurred on September 14, 2022, resulting in the unauthorized '
                'transfer of police department records, including names and '
                'Social Security numbers of certain Maine residents, to an '
                'unauthorized individual via email.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-10-05',
                 'source': "Maine Attorney General's Office"}],
 'title': 'Winthrop Police Department Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}