The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that City College experienced a data breach due to a sophisticated ransomware incident identified on August 16, 2021. The breach potentially affected five Maine residents and involved the compromise of social security numbers, with a total of 46,008 individuals impacted. City College notified affected individuals on November 11, 2021, and offered a year of credit monitoring services through Sontiq.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/citycollege
"id": "cit615072525",
"linkid": "citycollege",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "8/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 46008,
'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'City College',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 46008,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
'date_detected': '2021-08-16',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-11-11',
'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that City '
'College experienced a data breach due to a sophisticated '
'ransomware incident identified on August 16, 2021. The breach '
'potentially affected five Maine residents and involved the '
'compromise of social security numbers, with a total of 46,008 '
'individuals impacted. City College notified affected '
'individuals on November 11, 2021, and offered a year of '
'credit monitoring services through Sontiq.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
'references': [{'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['Sontiq']},
'title': 'City College Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}