The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported on June 11, 2021, that the Buffalo Public Schools experienced a ransomware attack on March 12, 2021, which compromised personal information including Social Security numbers and financial account details of 14,039 individuals. Identity theft protection services are being offered through Kroll for one year, including credit monitoring and identity theft restoration.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/buffalo-public-schools
"id": "buf521072825",
"linkid": "buffalo-public-schools",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "3/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 14039,
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Buffalo, NY',
'name': 'Buffalo Public Schools',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 14039,
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
'financial account details']},
'date_detected': '2021-03-12',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-06-11',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported on June 11, '
'2021, that the Buffalo Public Schools experienced a '
'ransomware attack on March 12, 2021, which compromised '
'personal information including Social Security numbers and '
'financial account details of 14,039 individuals. Identity '
'theft protection services are being offered through Kroll for '
'one year, including credit monitoring and identity theft '
'restoration.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
'financial account details'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-06-11',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': 'Kroll'},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Buffalo Public Schools',
'type': 'Ransomware'}