An unauthorized party gained access to the website of Jacksonville State University and stole students' personal information from JSU's database.
The compromised information included students' names, photographs, addresses birth dates, phone numbers, student ID numbers, fraternity and sorority affiliation and other information.
JSU investigated the incident with state and federal authorities and also asked the students to change their logins and email passwords as a preventive measure.
Source: https://www.al.com/news/2016/02/unauthorized_website_publishes.html
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/jacksonville-state-university
"id": "jac9215522",
"linkid": "jacksonville-state-university",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "02/2016",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Jacksonville, Alabama',
'name': 'Jacksonville State University',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Website Compromise',
'customer_advisories': ['Change logins and email passwords'],
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'description': 'An unauthorized party gained access to the website of '
"Jacksonville State University and stole students' personal "
"information from JSU's database. The compromised information "
"included students' names, photographs, addresses, birth "
'dates, phone numbers, student ID numbers, fraternity and '
'sorority affiliation and other information. JSU investigated '
'the incident with state and federal authorities and also '
'asked the students to change their logins and email passwords '
'as a preventive measure.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'photographs',
'addresses',
'birth dates',
'phone numbers',
'student ID numbers',
'fraternity and sorority affiliation',
'other information']},
'investigation_status': 'Investigated with state and federal authorities',
'motivation': 'Data Theft',
'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': True,
'remediation_measures': ['Change logins and email passwords']},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Party',
'title': 'Jacksonville State University Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}