New skills academy was affected by a cyber attack the number of victims impacted by the breach is yet unknown.
However, the information accessed by threat actors includes Usernames, Email addresses, Encrypted passwords (hashing algorithm unknown).
The institution advised registered students to change its password without further ado., because their login credentials were public, hackers will attempt to sign in to your account.
Source: https://www.hackread.com/new-skills-academy-data-breach-alerts-users/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/newskillsacademy
"id": "new9331223",
"linkid": "newskillsacademy",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "07/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization’s existence"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'New Skills Academy',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['Usernames',
'Email addresses',
'Encrypted passwords (hashing '
'algorithm unknown)']},
'description': 'New Skills Academy was affected by a cyber attack. The number '
'of victims impacted by the breach is yet unknown. However, '
'the information accessed by threat actors includes Usernames, '
'Email addresses, Encrypted passwords (hashing algorithm '
'unknown). The institution advised registered students to '
'change their passwords without further ado, because their '
'login credentials were public, hackers will attempt to sign '
'in to your account.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Usernames',
'Email addresses',
'Encrypted passwords (hashing algorithm '
'unknown)']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Advised registered students to '
'change their passwords'],
'remediation_measures': ['Advised registered students to change '
'their passwords']},
'title': 'Data Breach at New Skills Academy',
'type': 'Data Breach'}