Gallaudet University

Gallaudet University

The Washington State Attorney General’s Office reported that Gallaudet University experienced a ransomware attack involving Blackbaud, impacting 1,195 Washington residents. The breach occurred in May 2020, and the compromised information included donors' names, contact information, and dates of birth. Notification to affected individuals began on October 2, 2020.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10331

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/gallaudet-university-department-of-social-work

"id": "gal738072525",
"linkid": "gallaudet-university-department-of-social-work",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "5/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1195,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Gallaudet University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1195,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ["donors' names",
                                              'contact information',
                                              'dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-10-02',
 'description': 'Gallaudet University experienced a ransomware attack '
                'involving Blackbaud, impacting 1,195 Washington residents. '
                "The compromised information included donors' names, contact "
                'information, and dates of birth.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ["donors' names",
                                 'contact information',
                                 'dates of birth']},
 'ransomware': {'ransomware_strain': 'Blackbaud'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-10-02',
                 'source': 'Washington State Attorney General’s Office'}],
 'title': 'Gallaudet University Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}
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