American Technion Society

The Technion Institute of Technology in Haifa, Israel targeted in a cyberattack in March 2017.

Students hacked the email accounts of several professors in an attempt to improve their grades and for this university has expelled a student.

Source: https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4932520,00.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/american-technion-society

"id": "ame01410722",
"linkid": "american-technion-society",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Haifa, Israel',
                        'name': 'Technion Institute of Technology',
                        'type': 'Educational institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email account hacking',
 'date_detected': 'March 2017',
 'description': 'Students hacked the email accounts of several professors in '
                'an attempt to improve their grades.',
 'impact': {'systems_affected': ['Email accounts']},
 'motivation': 'Grade improvement',
 'threat_actor': 'Students',
 'title': 'Technion Institute of Technology Cyberattack',
 'type': 'Cyberattack',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Weak email security'}