[BreachExchange] Ames, Iowa, parking ticket payment system breached

[Destry Winant]

https://www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/ames-iowa-parking-ticket-payment-system-breached/

For 4,600 Ames, Iowa, residents, forgetting to put a quarter into a
parking meter may end up costing more than the price of their parking
fine.

Ames reported on Friday a data breach may have exposed information on
the 4,600 people who used the city’s online ticket payment system
between Aug. 10 to Nov. 19, 2018. The information compromised may
include payment card information, names, addresses and email
addresses.

The city learned of the problem on Nov. 19 and immediately took down
the ticket paying system, eventually replacing a server that contained
the data. It also notified Click2Gov, a third-party vendor that
processes the online payments.

The city has not determined how the breach occurred.