The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Capistrano Unified School District on May 30, 2019. The breach occurred on April 11, 2019, due to a misconfigured server by Total Registration LLC, potentially affecting student information for those who took an AP exam during the 2017-2019 school years. The specific number of affected individuals is unknown, but the exposed data included names, dates of birth, addresses, and email addresses, while no Social Security numbers or financial information were involved.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-147669
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/cusd
"id": "cus536072625",
"linkid": "cusd",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "6/2017",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'California',
'name': 'Capistrano Unified School District',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Misconfigured Server',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'dates of birth',
'addresses',
'email addresses']},
'date_detected': '2019-04-11',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-05-30',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving Capistrano Unified School District on May '
'30, 2019. The breach occurred on April 11, 2019, due to a '
'misconfigured server by Total Registration LLC, potentially '
'affecting student information for those who took an AP exam '
'during the 2017-2019 school years. The specific number of '
'affected individuals is unknown, but the exposed data '
'included names, dates of birth, addresses, and email '
'addresses, while no Social Security numbers or financial '
'information were involved.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'dates of birth',
'addresses',
'email addresses']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Misconfigured Server'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-05-30',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at Capistrano Unified School District',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Misconfiguration'}