Higher Education Servicing Corporation

The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving Higher Education Servicing Corporation (HESC) on February 15, 2021. The breach involved unauthorized access to an HESC email account containing personal information from October 25, 2020, until January 4, 2021, affecting eight Rhode Island residents.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/64d37896-a553-481f-ae77-24d04626824e.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/higher-education-servicing-corporation

"id": "hig453080425",
"linkid": "higher-education-servicing-corporation",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '8 Rhode Island residents',
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Higher Education Servicing Corporation',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '8',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'date_detected': '2021-02-15',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-02-15',
 'description': "The Rhode Island Attorney General's Office reported a data "
                'breach involving Higher Education Servicing Corporation '
                '(HESC) on February 15, 2021. The breach involved unauthorized '
                'access to an HESC email account containing personal '
                'information from October 25, 2020, until January 4, 2021, '
                'affecting eight Rhode Island residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Information',
            'systems_affected': 'Email Account'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-02-15',
                 'source': "Rhode Island Attorney General's Office"}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Higher Education Servicing Corporation',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}