Eastern Maine Community College

Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor experienced a data security breach that impacted thousands of students and staff up to 20 years ago.

EMCC has not identified any direct loss of data.

Some user names and passwords along with personal information, like date of birth and Social Security numbers, could have been accessed.

Source: https://www.wagmtv.com/content/news/Possible-computer-data-breach-at-EMCC-could-affect-thousands-of-students-staff-491121471.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/eastern-maine-community-college

"id": "eas22681122",
"linkid": "eastern-maine-community-college",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "08/2018",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'thousands of students and staff',
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Bangor',
                        'name': 'Eastern Maine Community College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'thousands',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['date of birth',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['user names',
                                              'passwords',
                                              'date of birth',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'description': 'Eastern Maine Community College in Bangor experienced a data '
                'security breach that impacted thousands of students and staff '
                'up to 20 years ago. EMCC has not identified any direct loss '
                'of data. Some user names and passwords along with personal '
                'information, like date of birth and Social Security numbers, '
                'could have been accessed.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['user names',
                                 'passwords',
                                 'date of birth',
                                 'Social Security numbers']},
 'title': 'Data Security Breach at Eastern Maine Community College',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}