Excelsior College

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Excelsior College on August 16, 2020. The breach, which was caused by a ransomware cyberattack, occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, affecting the personal information of 4,069 Washington residents, including their names, dates of birth, and student identification numbers.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10243

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/excelsior-community-college

"id": "exc557072825",
"linkid": "excelsior-community-college",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 4069,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Excelsior College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 4069,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Dates of Birth',
                                              'Student Identification '
                                              'Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-16',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving Excelsior College on August 16, 2020. '
                'The breach, which was caused by a ransomware cyberattack, '
                'occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, '
                'affecting the personal information of 4,069 Washington '
                'residents, including their names, dates of birth, and student '
                'identification numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Dates of Birth',
                                 'Student Identification Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-16',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Excelsior College Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}