National Student Clearinghouse

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the National Student Clearinghouse on December 12, 2023. The breach occurred on May 30, 2023, due to unauthorized access involving the MOVEit Transfer tool, affecting personal information such as names, dates of birth, contact information, Social Security numbers, and student ID numbers.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-577820

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/national-student-clearinghouse

"id": "nat732072625",
"linkid": "national-student-clearinghouse",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'National Student Clearinghouse',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'dates of birth',
                                              'contact information',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'student ID numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2023-12-12',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-12-12',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving the National Student Clearinghouse on '
                'December 12, 2023. The breach occurred on May 30, 2023, due '
                'to unauthorized access involving the MOVEit Transfer tool, '
                'affecting personal information such as names, dates of birth, '
                'contact information, Social Security numbers, and student ID '
                'numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'dates of birth',
                                 'contact information',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'student ID numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-12-12',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at National Student Clearinghouse',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'MOVEit Transfer tool'}