More than 20 universities and charities in the UK, US, and Canada had confirmed they are victims of a cyber-attack that compromised a software supplier.
Dozens more charities and educational organizations had been affected and New College of Florida is among them.
Compromised information included personal details that were limited to those of former students, who had been asked to financially support the establishments from which they had graduated. It also extended to staff, existing students, and other supporters.
Compromised data also included the stolen data including phone numbers, donation history and events attended.
Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-53528329
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/newcollegeofflorida
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"linkid": "newcollegeofflorida",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'US',
'name': 'New College of Florida',
'type': 'University'}],
'attack_vector': 'Compromised Software Supplier',
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'description': 'More than 20 universities and charities in the UK, US, and '
'Canada had confirmed they are victims of a cyber-attack that '
'compromised a software supplier. Dozens more charities and '
'educational organizations had been affected and New College '
'of Florida is among them. Compromised information included '
'personal details that were limited to those of former '
'students, who had been asked to financially support the '
'establishments from which they had graduated. It also '
'extended to staff, existing students, and other supporters. '
'Compromised data also included the stolen data including '
'phone numbers, donation history and events attended.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal details of former students',
'Phone numbers',
'Donation history',
'Events attended']},
'title': 'Cyber-attack on Universities and Charities in the UK, US, and '
'Canada',
'type': 'Data Breach'}