Illuminate Education, Inc.

IT systems of Illuminate Education, an online grading and attendance system were hacked in January that compromised the personal information of hundreds of students.

The information included names, birthdates, ethnicities, home languages and student ID numbers of 820,000 current and former New York City students.

The hackers exfiltrated the class and disrupted the studies, so grading and attendance platform had to be shut down.

Source: https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/personal-data-of-820k-nyc-students/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/illuminate-education

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"linkid": "illuminate-education",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "03/2022",
"severity": "90",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

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                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Illuminate Education',
                        'type': 'Educational Technology Company'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 820000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal information']},
 'date_detected': 'January 2023',
 'description': 'IT systems of Illuminate Education, an online grading and '
                'attendance system were hacked in January that compromised the '
                'personal information of hundreds of students.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'birthdates',
                                 'ethnicities',
                                 'home languages',
                                 'student ID numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['grading and attendance platform']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Cyber Incident Description'}],
 'title': 'Illuminate Education Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}