WNET

WNET

The New Hampshire Department of Justice reported a data breach involving WNET on August 8, 2017. The breach, which was discovered on June 10, 2017, involved unauthorized access to employee email accounts potentially exposing the names, dates of birth, addresses, Social Security Numbers, and financial account information of approximately three New Hampshire residents.

Source: https://www.doj.nh.gov/citizens/consumer-protection-antitrust-bureau/security-breach-notifications

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/wnet

"id": "wne415071725",
"linkid": "wnet",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3,
                        'name': 'WNET',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Dates of Birth',
                                              'Addresses',
                                              'Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Financial Account Information']},
 'date_detected': '2017-06-10',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-08-08',
 'description': 'The New Hampshire Department of Justice reported a data '
                'breach involving WNET on August 8, 2017. The breach, which '
                'was discovered on June 10, 2017, involved unauthorized access '
                'to employee email accounts potentially exposing the names, '
                'dates of birth, addresses, Social Security Numbers, and '
                'financial account information of approximately three New '
                'Hampshire residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Dates of Birth',
                                 'Addresses',
                                 'Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Financial Account Information']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-08-08',
                 'source': 'New Hampshire Department of Justice'}],
 'title': 'WNET Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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