Guilderland Central School District

Guilderland Central School District

The Maine Attorney General's Office reported that Guilderland Central School District (GCSD) experienced a cyber-attack on April 22, 2021, which resulted in the encryption of certain systems and potential access to sensitive information of one Maine resident, including their name and Social Security number. GCSD notified the affected individual on August 31, 2021, and is providing credit monitoring services for two years.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/3bb73a7f-b8bf-4424-b7f2-0226c55353a4.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/guilderland-central-school-district

"id": "gui911072725",
"linkid": "guilderland-central-school-district",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "4/2021",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Guilderland, NY',
                        'name': 'Guilderland Central School District',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Name',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'number'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
                                              'Information']},
 'date_detected': '2021-04-22',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-08-31',
 'description': "The Maine Attorney General's Office reported that Guilderland "
                'Central School District (GCSD) experienced a cyber-attack on '
                'April 22, 2021, which resulted in the encryption of certain '
                'systems and potential access to sensitive information of one '
                'Maine resident, including their name and Social Security '
                'number. GCSD notified the affected individual on August 31, '
                '2021, and is providing credit monitoring services for two '
                'years.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name', 'Social Security number'],
            'systems_affected': ['Certain systems']},
 'references': [{'source': "Maine Attorney General's Office"}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notified affected individual and '
                                        'provided credit monitoring services '
                                        'for two years'},
 'title': 'Guilderland Central School District Cyber-Attack',
 'type': 'Cyber-Attack'}
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