Altoona Area School District

The routing server of Altoona Area School District was targeted in a sophisticated cyber attack in late December 2021.

The social security numbers or medical identification numbers of its employees that were stolen in the attack were published on fraudulent trading websites on the dark web.

Around 10 gigabytes of information was posted on the dark web by the hackers.

Source: https://wjactv.com/news/local/superintendent-speaks-out-about-cyber-security-incident-at-altoona-area-school-district

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/altoona-area-school-district

"id": "alt25712322",
"linkid": "altoona-area-school-district",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "12/2021",
"severity": "90",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Altoona, PA',
                        'name': 'Altoona Area School District',
                        'type': 'School District'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
                                              'Medical Identification '
                                              'Numbers']},
 'date_detected': 'December 2021',
 'description': 'The routing server of Altoona Area School District was '
                'targeted in a sophisticated cyber attack in late December '
                '2021. The social security numbers or medical identification '
                'numbers of its employees that were stolen in the attack were '
                'published on fraudulent trading websites on the dark web. '
                'Around 10 gigabytes of information was posted on the dark web '
                'by the hackers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
                                 'Medical Identification Numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['Routing Server']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'data_sold_on_dark_web': True},
 'title': 'Cyber Attack on Altoona Area School District',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}