The largest education operator in the UAE, Gems Education, suffered a cyberattack that disrupted some of its operations.
The attack compromised the identification documents, financial information, such as payment history, data related to creditworthiness, health or medical records, and log-in details of the students.
Gem Education involved third-party expertise to investigate the incident and implement response plans and secure the systems.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/gems-education
"id": "gem23267522",
"linkid": "gems-education",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "02/2022",
"severity": "90",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Students',
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'UAE',
'name': 'Gems Education',
'size': 'Large',
'type': 'Education Operator'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'identification '
'documents',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['identification documents',
'financial information',
'payment history',
'data related to '
'creditworthiness',
'health or medical records',
'log-in details']},
'description': 'The largest education operator in the UAE, Gems Education, '
'suffered a cyberattack that disrupted some of its operations. '
'The attack compromised identification documents, financial '
'information, such as payment history, data related to '
'creditworthiness, health or medical records, and log-in '
'details of the students. Gems Education involved third-party '
'expertise to investigate the incident and implement response '
'plans and secure the systems.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['identification documents',
'financial information',
'payment history',
'data related to creditworthiness',
'health or medical records',
'log-in details'],
'operational_impact': 'disrupted some of its operations'},
'response': {'recovery_measures': 'Implement response plans and secure the '
'systems',
'third_party_assistance': 'Involved third-party expertise'},
'title': 'Cyberattack on Gems Education',
'type': 'Cyberattack'}