{"id":760,"date":"2023-05-14T13:31:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-14T18:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/?p=760"},"modified":"2023-05-14T13:52:05","modified_gmt":"2023-05-14T18:52:05","slug":"breach-report-dot-breach-affects-237000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/14\/breach-report-dot-breach-affects-237000\/","title":{"rendered":"Breach Report: DOT breach affects 237,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Pending update by the Department of Transportation<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One-sentence summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOT&#8217;s transit benefits system breach potentially affects 237,000 current and former employees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who was involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), 237,000 current and former employees, and, potentially, a threat actor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the timeline?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">May 12: DOT notifies Congress of the breach via email and has undergone an incident response<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What occurred?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">DOT&#8217;s TRANServe transit benefits system for employees was breached in May 2023, potentially affecting over 114,000 present employees and 123,000 previous employees (Shepardson, 2023). Presently, only news agencies have reported the breach in its initial phases and no mention of the breach is present on the DOT&#8217;s website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Estimated costs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incident response costs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Involved laws: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Root cause: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lessons learned: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shepardson, D. (2023, May 13). 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