Auburn University

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported on July 31, 2020, that Auburn University experienced a data breach involving an attempted ransomware attack by its third-party vendor, Blackbaud, between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. This incident potentially affected 1,294 Washington residents with unauthorized access to names and dates of birth, though Social Security numbers were not compromised.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10206

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/auoit

"id": "auo450072725",
"linkid": "auoit",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1294,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Auburn University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1294,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Dates of Birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-07-31',
 'description': 'A data breach involving an attempted ransomware attack by '
                'Blackbaud, a third-party vendor of Auburn University, '
                'potentially affected 1,294 Washington residents with '
                'unauthorized access to names and dates of birth.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Dates of Birth']},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-07-31',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'threat_actor': 'Blackbaud',
 'title': 'Auburn University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}