Heritage University

The Washington State Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving Heritage University on August 10, 2020. The breach, which occurred on July 16, 2020, was due to a ransomware attack on Blackbaud and affected the names and dates of birth of 7,803 Washington residents, primarily students of the university.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10215

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/heritage-university-at-cbc

"id": "her714072925",
"linkid": "heritage-university-at-cbc",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 7803,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Heritage University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 7803,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Dates of Birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-07-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-10',
 'description': "The Washington State Attorney General's Office reported a "
                'data breach involving Heritage University on August 10, 2020. '
                'The breach, which occurred on July 16, 2020, was due to a '
                'ransomware attack on Blackbaud and affected the names and '
                'dates of birth of 7,803 Washington residents, primarily '
                'students of the university.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Dates of Birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-10',
                 'source': "Washington State Attorney General's Office"}],
 'title': 'Heritage University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}