Academy of Art University

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that the Academy of Art University experienced a data breach on March 4, 2016, due to an email spoofing incident. The breach potentially exposed federal Form W-2 information, including names, residential addresses, and Social Security numbers of affected individuals. The breach was reported on April 13, 2016.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-60936

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"linkid": "aaustudiox",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'California',
                        'name': 'Academy of Art University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Spoofing',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Residential Addresses',
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2016-03-04',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-04-13',
 'description': 'The Academy of Art University experienced a data breach on '
                'March 4, 2016, due to an email spoofing incident. The breach '
                'potentially exposed federal Form W-2 information, including '
                'names, residential addresses, and Social Security numbers of '
                'affected individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Residential Addresses',
                                 'Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Academy of Art University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}