National Math and Science Initiative

National Math and Science Initiative suffered a data security incident after its AV software triggered an alert.

An unauthorized actor accessed some of its systems and accessed some information including name, address, and Social Security number.

NMSI notified around 191,255 people including students, teachers, employees, or contractors about the breach.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/national-math-and-science-initiative-notifies-more-than-190000-of-data-security-incident/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/nmsi

"id": "nat186522",
"linkid": "nmsi",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2021",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['students',
                                               'teachers',
                                               'employees',
                                               'contractors'],
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'National Math and Science Initiative',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 191255,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['name',
                                              'address',
                                              'Social Security number']},
 'description': 'National Math and Science Initiative suffered a data security '
                'incident after its AV software triggered an alert. An '
                'unauthorized actor accessed some of its systems and accessed '
                'some information including name, address, and Social Security '
                'number. NMSI notified around 191,255 people including '
                'students, teachers, employees, or contractors about the '
                'breach.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['name', 'address', 'Social Security number']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'NMSI notified around 191,255 people'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Actor',
 'title': 'National Math and Science Initiative Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}