Columbus City Schools

On October 16, 2020, the Maine Office of the Attorney General reported that Columbus City Schools experienced a data breach due to unauthorized access to an employee email account on May 1, 2020. This incident potentially exposed the Social Security numbers of 3,178 individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/fe2cc6c8-8c81-474f-b04e-ea7c5daa9960.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/columbus-city-schools-ohio

"id": "col237080525",
"linkid": "columbus-city-schools-ohio",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3178,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Columbus, Ohio',
                        'name': 'Columbus City Schools',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3178,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security numbers'},
 'date_detected': '2020-10-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-10-16',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to an employee email account potentially '
                'exposed the Social Security numbers of 3,178 individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['Email Account']},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-10-16',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Columbus City Schools Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Account'}