562 students of Tupelo Public School District were impacted by the data breach
It was discovered last week.
An unauthorized user accessed student assessment records between Dec 31, 2017, and Jan 1, 2018
Records were from Tupelo Middle School, Tupelo High School and Jefferson County Junior High School.
The unauthorized viewer gained access to student names, their identification numbers, grade levels, teacher names, and test results.
One student record viewed contained demographic data.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/tupelo-schools-impacted-by-questar-data-breach/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/mississippi-department-of-education
"id": "mis221026522",
"linkid": "mississippi-department-of-education",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2018",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 562,
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Tupelo, Mississippi',
'name': 'Tupelo Public School District',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 562,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Student names',
'Identification '
'numbers',
'Demographic data'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Student names',
'Identification numbers',
'Grade levels',
'Teacher names',
'Test results',
'Demographic data']},
'date_detected': 'Last week',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to student assessment records between Dec '
'31, 2017, and Jan 1, 2018, impacting 562 students.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Student names',
'Identification numbers',
'Grade levels',
'Teacher names',
'Test results',
'Demographic data']},
'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized User',
'title': 'Data Breach at Tupelo Public School District',
'type': 'Data Breach'}