Worcester County, Maryland

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Worcester County, Maryland experienced a data breach due to a phishing incident, potentially involving 2,837 individuals' personal information, including Social Security numbers. The breach occurred between November 10, 2020 and November 20, 2020, and was discovered on April 11, 2022, with written notifications sent to affected individuals on April 27, 2022.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/5ff5cfe0-2df3-425b-a9bf-65440eb0a288.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/worcester-county-maryland

"id": "wor726080525",
"linkid": "worcester-county-maryland",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "11/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2837,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Maryland, USA',
                        'name': 'Worcester County',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2837,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2022-04-11',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-04-27',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'Worcester County, Maryland experienced a data breach due to a '
                "phishing incident, potentially involving 2,837 individuals' "
                'personal information, including Social Security numbers. The '
                'breach occurred between November 10, 2020 and November 20, '
                '2020, and was discovered on April 11, 2022, with written '
                'notifications sent to affected individuals on April 27, 2022.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Worcester County Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}