Cedarville University

Cedarville University

On December 22, 2020, the Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Cedarville University, related to a ransomware attack at Blackbaud, which occurred intermittently between February 7, 2020 and May 20, 2020. The breach potentially affected the personal information of 1,706 Washington residents, including names, full dates of birth, and student identification numbers.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10374

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/cedarville-univesrity-pa-program

"id": "ced259072825",
"linkid": "cedarville-univesrity-pa-program",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1706,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Cedarville University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1706,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'full dates of birth',
                                              'student identification '
                                              'numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-12-22',
 'description': 'A data breach involving Cedarville University, related to a '
                'ransomware attack at Blackbaud, potentially affected the '
                'personal information of 1,706 Washington residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'full dates of birth',
                                 'student identification numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-12-22',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Cedarville University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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