Apollo Career Center

Apollo Career Center ("Apollo"), an adult education center located in Allen County, Ohio suffered from a data breach incident after an unauthorized person obtained access to its systems between May 5, 2021, and May 11, 2021, and transferred some files outside of its network.

The exposed information includes the former students' names and Social Security numbers.

Those whose information was affected by the event were first informed by Apollo.

Apollo advises everyone whose information is at risk to be watchful for instances of fraud or identity theft by checking their account statements and free credit reports for any suspicious activity and reporting it to the relevant law enforcement agency.

Source: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/apollo-career-center-identifies-and-addresses-data-security-incident-301401598.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/apollo-career-center

"id": "apo101291122",
"linkid": "apollo-career-center",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['Former Students'],
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Allen County, Ohio',
                        'name': 'Apollo Career Center',
                        'type': 'Adult Education Center'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'customer_advisories': 'Informed affected individuals to monitor for fraud '
                        'and identity theft',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-05-11',
 'description': 'Apollo Career Center suffered a data breach incident where an '
                'unauthorized person accessed its systems and transferred '
                'files outside the network.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ["Former students' names",
                                 'Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'recommendations': ['Monitor account statements and credit reports for '
                     'suspicious activity',
                     'Report any suspicious activity to law enforcement'],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Informed affected individuals'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Person',
 'title': 'Data Breach at Apollo Career Center',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}