Personal information for hundreds of Fairfax County public school students was mistakenly posted on the school system’s Web site.
The incident exposed the school identification numbers, birth dates, home addresses and phone numbers of around 685 students.
The details were posted as a single document listed as “Sample Schedule” on the program’s Web site.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/data-for-685-fairfax-students-mistakenly-posted-online/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/fairfax-county-public-schools
"id": "fai1644301022",
"linkid": "fairfax-county-public-schools",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "02/2014",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Fairfax County',
'name': 'Fairfax County Public Schools',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Misconfiguration',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '685',
'personally_identifiable_information': ['School '
'identification '
'numbers',
'Birth dates',
'Home addresses',
'Phone numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['School identification numbers',
'Birth dates',
'Home addresses',
'Phone numbers']},
'description': 'Personal information for hundreds of Fairfax County public '
'school students was mistakenly posted on the school system’s '
'Web site. The incident exposed the school identification '
'numbers, birth dates, home addresses and phone numbers of '
'around 685 students. The details were posted as a single '
'document listed as “Sample Schedule” on the program’s Web '
'site.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['School identification numbers',
'Birth dates',
'Home addresses',
'Phone numbers']},
'title': 'Data Breach at Fairfax County Public Schools',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Improper Access Control'}