The Clark County, WA government this week confirmed it notified 76,253 people of an October 2023 data breach that compromised names, SSNs, financial account info, payment card info, medical and health insurance info, government-issued ID numbers, and DOBs.
In a blog post reporting this news, Paul Bischoff, Consumer Privacy Advocate at Comparitech, wrote:
“Comparitech researchers logged 85 confirmed ransomware attacks on US government entities in 2023, compromising more than 1 million records. In 2024, those figures increased to 94 attacks and 2.5 million records. So far in 2025, we’ve recorded 27 attacks compromising 8,550 records. The average ransom demand across all these attacks is $1.8 million.”
“Other recent such attacks include those on the city of Durant, OK and the OmniRide bus service in Virginia. In 2025 to date, ransomware gangs have claimed responsibility for another 30 unconfirmed attacks that haven’t been acknowledged by the targeted organizations.”
This isn’t a trivial breach as that’s a lot of people who have just had some really sensitive information leaked. This underscores the need to do everything possible to prevent these events from occuring.
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Clark County, WA notifies 76K people of data breach that compromised SSNs, payment cards, and more
The Clark County, WA government this week confirmed it notified 76,253 people of an October 2023 data breach that compromised names, SSNs, financial account info, payment card info, medical and health insurance info, government-issued ID numbers, and DOBs.
In a blog post reporting this news, Paul Bischoff, Consumer Privacy Advocate at Comparitech, wrote:
“Comparitech researchers logged 85 confirmed ransomware attacks on US government entities in 2023, compromising more than 1 million records. In 2024, those figures increased to 94 attacks and 2.5 million records. So far in 2025, we’ve recorded 27 attacks compromising 8,550 records. The average ransom demand across all these attacks is $1.8 million.”
“Other recent such attacks include those on the city of Durant, OK and the OmniRide bus service in Virginia. In 2025 to date, ransomware gangs have claimed responsibility for another 30 unconfirmed attacks that haven’t been acknowledged by the targeted organizations.”
This isn’t a trivial breach as that’s a lot of people who have just had some really sensitive information leaked. This underscores the need to do everything possible to prevent these events from occuring.
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