Wright County, Minnesota

An unknown party was able to enter an individual email account of the IT Department of Wright County.

The county immediately took steps to shut down the email system and scanned every email for any suspicious activity.

The investigation revealed that personal, private, or confidential information from 12,320 individuals was compromised in the attack.

Source: https://www.hometownsource.com/monticello_times/free/suspicious-e-mail-in-wright-county-email-system-prompts-investigation/article_db621a24-9557-11ea-8c46-afcb06b0bf16.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/wright-county

"id": "wri1269222",
"linkid": "wright-county",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "01/2019",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 12320,
                        'industry': 'Public Administration',
                        'location': 'Wright County',
                        'name': 'Wright County',
                        'type': 'Government'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 12320,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'personal, private, or '
                                             'confidential information'},
 'description': 'An unknown party was able to enter an individual email '
                'account of the IT Department of Wright County. The county '
                'immediately took steps to shut down the email system and '
                'scanned every email for any suspicious activity. The '
                'investigation revealed that personal, private, or '
                'confidential information from 12,320 individuals was '
                'compromised in the attack.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'personal, private, or confidential '
                                'information',
            'systems_affected': 'Email system'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email account'},
 'response': {'containment_measures': 'Email system shutdown and scanning for '
                                      'suspicious activity'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
 'title': 'Wright County IT Department Email Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}