Buffalo State College Foundation

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach affecting the Buffalo State College Foundation on June 16, 2021. The breach, which occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, involved a ransomware cyberattack impacting the personal information of 536 Washington residents, including their names and full dates of birth.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10484

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/buffalo-state-college-foundation-inc.

"id": "buf436072825",
"linkid": "buffalo-state-college-foundation-inc.",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 536,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Buffalo, NY',
                        'name': 'Buffalo State College Foundation',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 536,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full Dates of Birth']},
 'date_detected': '2021-06-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-06-16',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach affecting the Buffalo State College Foundation '
                'on June 16, 2021. The breach, which occurred between February '
                '7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, involved a ransomware cyberattack '
                'impacting the personal information of 536 Washington '
                'residents, including their names and full dates of birth.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full Dates of Birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-06-16',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Buffalo State College Foundation',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}