Midlands Technical College experienced a security breach incident that affected its computer systems.
The hackers inserted a virus that could have affected the entire college system and the personal data related to the college.
Administrators, faculty, and students could not use email or online classes for several hours.
The college Officials shut down the system to prevent the virus from spreading, but they do not believe any data was lost and all systems are back to normal.
Source: https://www.lexingtonchronicle.com/stories/hackers-attack-midlands-tech,14615
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/midlands-technical-college
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"linkid": "midlands-technical-college",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2019",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'Midlands Technical College',
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'attack_vector': 'Virus',
'description': 'Midlands Technical College experienced a security breach '
'incident that affected its computer systems. The hackers '
'inserted a virus that could have affected the entire college '
'system and the personal data related to the college. '
'Administrators, faculty, and students could not use email or '
'online classes for several hours. The college Officials shut '
'down the system to prevent the virus from spreading, but they '
'do not believe any data was lost and all systems are back to '
'normal.',
'impact': {'downtime': 'Several hours',
'operational_impact': 'Administrators, faculty, and students could '
'not use email or online classes',
'systems_affected': ['Email', 'Online Classes']},
'response': {'containment_measures': 'System shutdown',
'recovery_measures': 'Systems are back to normal'},
'title': 'Midlands Technical College Security Breach',
'type': 'Security Breach'}