Bloomfield Hills high schoolers hack database to give themselves better grades.
The database houses all of the district’s student and family data, the notice says.
A total of 20 students saw changes made in the form of improved grades, improved attendance, and reduced lunch balances.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/bloomfield-hills-schools
"id": "blo12509722",
"linkid": "bloomfield-hills-schools",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2018",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Bloomfield Hills',
'name': 'Bloomfield Hills School District',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 20,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Student Grades',
'Attendance Records',
'Lunch Balances']},
'description': 'High schoolers hacked the school database to improve their '
'grades, attendance records, and reduce lunch balances.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Student Grades',
'Attendance Records',
'Lunch Balances'],
'systems_affected': 'School Database'},
'motivation': ['Improve Grades',
'Improve Attendance',
'Reduce Lunch Balances'],
'threat_actor': 'Students',
'title': 'Bloomfield Hills High School Database Hack',
'type': 'Data Breach'}