New Canaan Country School

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving New Canaan Country School on February 3, 2021. The breach occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, and involved a hacking incident affecting 543 individuals, with Social Security numbers compromised. Identity theft protection services, including complimentary 24-month credit monitoring, were offered to affected individuals.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/f34f0a4c-82dc-4482-a764-a5860b0e19c8.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/new-canaan-country-school

"id": "new933080425",
"linkid": "new-canaan-country-school",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 543,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'New Canaan, CT',
                        'name': 'New Canaan Country School',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Hacking',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 543,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security numbers'},
 'date_detected': '2021-02-03',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2021-02-03',
 'description': 'The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving New Canaan Country School on February 3, '
                '2021. The breach occurred between February 7, 2020, and May '
                '20, 2020, and involved a hacking incident affecting 543 '
                'individuals, with Social Security numbers compromised. '
                'Identity theft protection services, including complimentary '
                '24-month credit monitoring, were offered to affected '
                'individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2021-02-03',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'remediation_measures': ['Identity theft protection services',
                                       'Complimentary 24-month credit '
                                       'monitoring']},
 'title': 'Data Breach at New Canaan Country School',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}