Gulf Coast State College

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach at Gulf Coast State College on September 29, 2020. The breach involved unauthorized access to employee email accounts between March 31, 2020, and June 3, 2020, affecting a total of 11,309 individuals, including 9 residents. Information potentially accessed included Social Security Numbers, and as a precaution, identity theft protection services from Kroll were offered for one year.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/bc400edd-dd6e-41a5-ab57-12f2d438d8c2.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/gulf-coast-state-college-foundation-inc

"id": "gul947072525",
"linkid": "gulf-coast-state-college-foundation-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 11309,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Florida, USA',
                        'name': 'Gulf Coast State College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 11309,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Social Security '
                                                         'Numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2020-06-03',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-29',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts between March '
                '31, 2020, and June 3, 2020, affecting 11,309 individuals, '
                'including 9 residents. Information potentially accessed '
                'included Social Security Numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'systems_affected': ['Employee Email Accounts']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-09-29',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Identity Theft Protection Services'],
              'third_party_assistance': ['Kroll']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Gulf Coast State College',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}