Green River College

Green River College

The Washington Attorney General's Office reported a data breach at Green River College on August 24, 2017, involving the compromised personal information of approximately 3,399 employees. The breach was discovered on August 15, 2017, and it is believed to have occurred in December 2016, with the compromised data including employee names and Social Security numbers.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=9733

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/26079

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"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
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                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Green River College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
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                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Employee names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2017-08-15',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-08-24',
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                'it is believed to have occurred in December 2016, with the '
                'compromised data including employee names and Social Security '
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 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Employee names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': "Washington Attorney General's Office"}],
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