An unauthorized party gained access to an employee’s email account at Manhattan School of Music which resulted in a data security breach.
Sensitive information of about 6,500 individuals including names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, and financial account information was compromised in the breach.
Manhattan School of Music sent the data breach notification letters to all individuals whose information was contained in the affected files.
Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/data-breach-alert-manhattan-school-of-9857249/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/manhattan-school-of-music
"id": "man0408522",
"linkid": "manhattan-school-of-music",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "02/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 6500,
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'New York, NY',
'name': 'Manhattan School of Music',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Account Compromise',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 6500,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security '
'numbers'],
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
'Information',
'Financial Information']},
'description': 'An unauthorized party gained access to an employee’s email '
'account at Manhattan School of Music, resulting in a data '
'security breach. Sensitive information of about 6,500 '
'individuals including names, addresses, dates of birth, '
'Social Security numbers, and financial account information '
'was compromised in the breach.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial account information']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email Account'},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Data breach notification letters sent '
'to affected individuals'},
'title': 'Data Security Breach at Manhattan School of Music',
'type': 'Data Breach'}