Bridgewater College

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Bridgewater College on May 12, 2021. The breach occurred on October 14, 2020, involving unauthorized access to three employee email accounts, affecting a total of 3,217 individuals, including Social Security Numbers.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/2572e0c6-cc6d-4d59-a618-41215af93b71.shtml

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"linkid": "digital-scholarship-gurus",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3217,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Bridgewater, Virginia',
                        'name': 'Bridgewater College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3217,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2021-05-12',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-05-12',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to three employee email accounts '
                'affecting 3,217 individuals, including Social Security '
                'Numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-05-12',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Bridgewater College Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}