Auburn University

The students’ personal information – names, postal and email addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and students’ academic information of Auburn University was exposed on Internet.

The university offered those affected by the incident a two years of Experian ProtectMyID Alert service.

Approximately 364,012 individuals were affected by the incident

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/httpocm-auburn-edudatasecurity/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/auburn-university

"id": "aub17592123",
"linkid": "auburn-university",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "04/2015",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '364,012',
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Auburn University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '364,012',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'postal addresses',
                                                         'email addresses',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Academic Information']},
 'description': 'The students’ personal information – names, postal and email '
                'addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and '
                'students’ academic information of Auburn University was '
                'exposed on the Internet.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'postal addresses',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'students’ academic information']},
 'response': {'recovery_measures': 'Offered two years of Experian ProtectMyID '
                                   'Alert service'},
 'title': 'Auburn University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}