Cincinnati State Technical and Community College

On December 23, 2022, the Maine Office of the Attorney General disclosed a data breach at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College, stemming from unauthorized network access between October 30 and November 2, 2022. The incident compromised the personal and financial data of 408,189 individuals, including financial account numbers and other sensitive information. The exposure of such data poses significant risks, including potential identity theft and financial fraud. In response, the college offered 12 months of identity theft protection services through TransUnion to affected individuals. The breach highlights vulnerabilities in the institution’s cybersecurity defenses, raising concerns about the protection of sensitive student, faculty, and staff records. The scale of the breach—affecting nearly half a million people—underscores its severity, particularly given the nature of the exposed data, which could enable long-term exploitation by malicious actors. The incident serves as a critical reminder of the growing threats to educational institutions and the need for robust security measures to safeguard against unauthorized access and data exfiltration.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/66bb0c7a-409b-4cbc-84aa-470e142dfc70.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/cincinnati-state

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"linkid": "cincinnati-state",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

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                        'industry': 'Higher Education',
                        'location': 'Cincinnati, Ohio, USA',
                        'name': 'Cincinnati State Technical and Community '
                                'College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'customer_advisories': 'Identity theft protection services (12 months) '
                        'offered by TransUnion',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '408,189',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['financial account numbers',
                                              'other sensitive information']},
 'date_detected': '2022-11-02',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2022-12-23',
 'description': 'On December 23, 2022, the Maine Office of the Attorney '
                'General reported a data breach at Cincinnati State Technical '
                'and Community College resulting from unauthorized access to '
                'their network between October 30 and November 2, 2022. The '
                'breach impacted a total of 408,189 individuals, involving the '
                'potential exposure of financial account numbers and other '
                'sensitive information. Identity theft protection services (12 '
                'months) have been offered by TransUnion.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['financial account numbers',
                                 'other sensitive information'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High (identity theft protection services '
                                   'offered)',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High (financial account numbers '
                                        'exposed)'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2022-12-23',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'regulatory_compliance': {'regulatory_notifications': ['Maine Office of the '
                                                        'Attorney General']},
 'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['TransUnion (identity theft '
                                         'protection services)']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Cincinnati State Technical and Community College',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}