Portland Police Bureau urges use of alternative tip-off channels after data breach
SpilloverSpillover from the another organisation incident · View original incident →The Portland Police Bureau advised the public to submit tip-offs through alternative channels in connection with news of a data breach. The type of information leaked and the extent of the damage have not been confirmed.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Portland Police Bureau
- Original incident
- Sensitive data leaked from anonymous crime and school tip-off systems
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Not confirmed
- Cause / method
- Not confirmed
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
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Timeline
- The Portland Police Bureau advised using alternative tip-off channels in connection with news of a data breach.
Original incident
This is spillover from the another organisation incident.
Sensitive data leaked from anonymous crime and school tip-off systems
Impact: Sensitive pupil information and other data; 93GB of tip-off data according to the hackers' claims
It came to light that sensitive pupil information and other data from anonymous crime and school tip-off systems had fallen into the hands of hackers. The hackers claimed to have hacked 93GB of anonymous crime tip-off data. The Portland Police Bureau advised the use of alternative reporting channels, and US senators demanded answers about the data leak from school tip-off systems.
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