Hamline University

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported that Hamline University experienced a ransomware attack initiated by its third-party service provider, Blackbaud, between May 2020 and July 16, 2020. The breach affected 1,066 Washington residents, exposing limited personal information such as names, dates of birth, and addresses. Notifications were sent on August 24, 2020.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10278

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/hamline-university-career-development-center

"id": "ham109080525",
"linkid": "hamline-university-career-development-center",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1066,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Hamline University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Third-party service provider',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1066,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'dates of birth',
                                                         'addresses'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Limited',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2020-07-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-24',
 'description': 'Hamline University experienced a ransomware attack initiated '
                'by its third-party service provider, Blackbaud, between May '
                '2020 and July 16, 2020. The breach affected 1,066 Washington '
                'residents, exposing limited personal information such as '
                'names, dates of birth, and addresses. Notifications were sent '
                'on August 24, 2020.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'dates of birth', 'addresses']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Hamline University Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}