The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) on April 8, 2025. The breach occurred on September 26, 2024, due to unauthorized access to an employee email account, which may have involved personal information. Specific details on the number of individuals affected and types of compromised information are unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-601144
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/aacom_2
"id": "aac620072525",
"linkid": "aacom_2",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'American Association of Colleges of '
'Osteopathic Medicine',
'type': 'Organization'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'date_detected': '2025-04-08',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-04-08',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving the American Association of Colleges of '
'Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM) on April 8, 2025. The breach '
'occurred on September 26, 2024, due to unauthorized access to '
'an employee email account, which may have involved personal '
'information; specific details on the number of individuals '
'affected and types of compromised information are unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Employee Email Account'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2025-04-08',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic '
'Medicine',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Employee Email Account'}