Illuminate Education, Inc.

A data breach incident at Illuminate Education, a third-party service provider affected many school districts in Coventry, Connecticut, and New York City.

The attacker targeted a Illuminate product, eduCLIMBER which is used by schools to track students’ grades, attendance and behavioral development.

The incident exposed the personal information of around 1,700 students enrolled in Coventry Public School and 820,000 current and former students of New York City Department of Education.

Source: https://statescoop.com/illuminate-education-coventry-connecticut-breach/

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

"id": "ill223619522",
"linkid": "illuminate-education",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2022",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1700,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Coventry, Connecticut',
                        'name': 'Coventry Public School',
                        'type': 'School District'},
                       {'customers_affected': 820000,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'New York City',
                        'name': 'New York City Department of Education',
                        'type': 'School District'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 821700,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'description': 'A data breach incident at Illuminate Education, a third-party '
                'service provider, affected many school districts in Coventry, '
                'Connecticut, and New York City. The attacker targeted '
                "Illuminate's product, eduCLIMBER, which is used by schools to "
                'track students’ grades, attendance, and behavioral '
                'development. The incident exposed the personal information of '
                'around 1,700 students enrolled in Coventry Public School and '
                '820,000 current and former students of New York City '
                'Department of Education.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information'],
            'systems_affected': ['eduCLIMBER']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at Illuminate Education',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}