NEISD

The North East ISD is alerting current and former employees that a hacker has compromised their personal information in a cyber attack.

The hackers hacked the email of an employee who handles wire transfers in the payroll department and tried to have the money wired to a different bank, but the district’s systems detected the irregularity before the funds were transferred.

But the hacked employee had access to about five thousand other employees’ personal information

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/hacker-compromises-personal-info-of-neisd-employees/

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

"id": "nei224825123",
"linkid": "neisd",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "09/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': '5000 employees',
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'North East ISD',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': '5000',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'description': 'The North East ISD is alerting current and former employees '
                'that a hacker has compromised their personal information in a '
                'cyber attack. The hackers hacked the email of an employee who '
                'handles wire transfers in the payroll department and tried to '
                'have the money wired to a different bank, but the district’s '
                'systems detected the irregularity before the funds were '
                'transferred. But the hacked employee had access to about five '
                'thousand other employees’ personal information.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal Information'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email',
                           'high_value_targets': 'Payroll Department'},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'title': 'North East ISD Cyber Attack',
 'type': 'Cyber Attack',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Phishing/Email Compromise'}