Worcester County suffered a phishing incident and some of its email accounts were breached.
The compromised email accounts contained limited personal information belonging to approximately 3,000 WCG and Board of Education (BOE) employee and retiree accounts.
WCG investigated the incident and issued letters to all the affected individuals.
Source: https://www.co.worcester.md.us/news/worcester-county-implements-safety-measures-after-breach
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/worcester-county-maryland
"id": "wor14123522",
"linkid": "worcester-county-maryland",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "04/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['3,000 WCG and BOE employee and '
'retiree accounts'],
'industry': 'Public Administration',
'location': 'Worcester County',
'name': 'Worcester County Government (WCG)',
'type': 'Government'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '3,000',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Limited personal information']},
'description': 'Worcester County suffered a phishing incident and some of its '
'email accounts were breached. The compromised email accounts '
'contained limited personal information belonging to '
'approximately 3,000 WCG and Board of Education (BOE) employee '
'and retiree accounts. WCG investigated the incident and '
'issued letters to all the affected individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Limited personal information'],
'systems_affected': ['Email accounts']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Letters issued to all affected '
'individuals']},
'title': 'Phishing Incident at Worcester County',
'type': 'Phishing'}