City of Enumclaw

Profile narrative

TheCity of Enumclaw is a municipal government.
Its headquarters are located in the United States of America.
The organization operates under the alias City of Enumclaw.
As a city administration, it provides local governance to its community.
It functions as a public sector entity responsible for municipal affairs.

On February 5, 2018, the City of Enumclaw experienced an email spoofing attack.
The attacker impersonated city administration officials in the fraudulent email.
The deceptive request resulted in the unauthorized release of employee W-2 forms.
These W-2 forms contained sensitive personal information such as Social Security numbers and earnings data.
The breach affected hundreds of city employees.

The unauthorized disclosure was discovered one day after the fraudulent request was fulfilled.
Employees were not notified of the exposure until two days after the discovery.
The delay in notification raised concerns about potential identity theft among staff.
In response, the municipality filed a police report and offered fraud protection services to affected employees.
A local tax professional advised those impacted to file their taxes promptly to mitigate further misuse of their information.
Authorities noted that tracking the perpetrator of the spoofing attack proved to be challenging.

Incidents

1 incident linked to this organisation.