The Maine Attorney General reported on October 20, 2023, that NY CREATES, SUNY Poly, and The Research Foundation for The State University of New York experienced a data breach involving unauthorized access to files between December 13 and December 14, 2022. The breach affected 14 Maine residents, compromising names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth, among other data elements.
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"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
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'industry': 'Research and Technology',
'location': 'New York',
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'Advancement, Technology, Engineering and '
'Science Corporation (NY CREATES)',
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'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'New York',
'name': 'The State University of New York Polytechnic '
'Institute (SUNY Poly)',
'type': 'Educational Institute'},
{'customers_affected': 14,
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'New York',
'name': 'The Research Foundation for The State '
'University of New York',
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'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 14,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'dates of birth']},
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-10-20',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to files compromising names, Social '
'Security numbers, and dates of birth of 14 Maine residents.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'dates of birth']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-10-20',
'source': 'Maine Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at NY CREATES, SUNY Poly, and The Research Foundation '
'for The State University of New York',
'type': 'Data Breach'}