City College of San Francisco

The City College of San Francisco was compromised in a phishing email scam that was a legitimate request.

The attack compromised the student's information name, address, Social Security number, and other information contained in your application for financial aid.

They immediately investigated the incident and secured the email account, reset passwords also offered one year of Experian’s ProtectMyID Alert service.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/city-college-of-san-francisco-notifies-students-after-employee-falls-prey-to-phishing-scam/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/city-college-of-san-francisco

"id": "cit225023522",
"linkid": "city-college-of-san-francisco",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2016",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'San Francisco, CA',
                        'name': 'City College of San Francisco',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Name',
                                                         'Address',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'number'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
                                              'Information']},
 'description': 'The City College of San Francisco was compromised in a '
                'phishing email scam that was a legitimate request. The attack '
                "compromised students' information including name, address, "
                'Social Security number, and other information contained in '
                'financial aid applications.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name',
                                 'Address',
                                 'Social Security number',
                                 'Other financial aid application '
                                 'information']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email'},
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Investigated the incident',
                                       'Secured the email account',
                                       'Reset passwords'],
              'remediation_measures': ['Offered one year of Experian’s '
                                       'ProtectMyID Alert service']},
 'title': 'Phishing Email Scam at City College of San Francisco',
 'type': 'Phishing'}