The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported on September 21, 2020, that the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) experienced a data breach between April 18, 2020, and May 27, 2020, due to unauthorized access by an external actor. The breach involved the potential exposure of payment card information affecting 174 individuals, including one Maine resident.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/aacu
"id": "aac300072825",
"linkid": "aacu",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 174,
'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'Association of American Colleges and '
'Universities (AAC&U)',
'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 174,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Payment Card Information'},
'date_detected': '2020-05-27',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-21',
'description': 'The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) '
'experienced a data breach between April 18, 2020, and May 27, '
'2020, due to unauthorized access by an external actor. The '
'breach involved the potential exposure of payment card '
'information affecting 174 individuals, including one Maine '
'resident.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Payment Card Information'],
'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-09-21',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'External Actor',
'title': 'AAC&U Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}