The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach at Paul Smith’s College on February 16, 2023. The breach, which occurred between July 1, 2022, and August 31, 2022, was discovered on January 26, 2023, and affected 10,615 individuals, including 71 Rhode Island residents, with Social Security Numbers being the compromised data. Identity theft protection services for one year were offered through Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B.
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"linkid": "adirondack-watershed-institute",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "7/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 10615,
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'New York, USA',
'name': 'Paul Smith’s College',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 10615,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
'Numbers',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers'},
'date_detected': '2023-01-26',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-02-16',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach at Paul Smith’s College on February 16, 2023. The '
'breach, which occurred between July 1, 2022, and August 31, '
'2022, was discovered on January 26, 2023, and affected 10,615 '
'individuals, including 71 Rhode Island residents, with Social '
'Security Numbers being the compromised data. Identity theft '
'protection services for one year were offered through '
'Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-02-16',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['Experian IdentityWorks Credit 3B']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Paul Smith’s College',
'type': 'Data Breach'}