Hood College

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Hood College on April 26, 2021. The breach, which occurred on December 10, 2019, resulted from unauthorized access to employee email accounts, affecting one Maine resident whose Social Security number was potentially compromised. A total of 388 individuals were affected overall.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/214b837a-93f3-4967-af01-76d5dbcb1a25.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/hood-college-alumni-executive-board

"id": "hoo759072525",
"linkid": "hood-college-alumni-executive-board",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2019",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 388,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Hood College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'number',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security number'},
 'date_detected': '2019-12-10',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-04-26',
 'description': 'Unauthorized access to employee email accounts resulting in '
                'potential compromise of Social Security number.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security number'],
            'systems_affected': ['Email Accounts']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-04-26',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Hood College Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Email Accounts'}