Pacific Union College

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Pacific Union College experienced a data breach due to unauthorized access to employee email accounts between July 6, 2021 and February 25, 2022. A total of 3,744 individuals were affected, with Social Security Numbers being compromised. The breach was discovered on October 15, 2022, and identity theft protection services were offered to affected individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/7b33e59f-7d2d-4277-b27a-7a6f61b2145d.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ad-marketing-communications

"id": "ad-726072825",
"linkid": "ad-marketing-communications",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3744,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Pacific Union College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3744,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'Numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers'},
 'date_detected': '2022-10-15',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts resulting in '
                'the compromise of Social Security Numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'systems_affected': ['Employee Email Accounts']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Offered identity theft protection '
                                       'services']},
 'title': 'Pacific Union College Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Accounts'}