Northcentral University

Northcentral University (“NCU”) experienced a data breach after an unauthorized party gained access to sensitive student data contained on the school’s network.

The breached data included the names, addresses, Social Security numbers, and student identification numbers of affected students.

The school secured its network and enlisted the assistance of a digital forensics firm to investigate the incident and notified the impacted individuals about the incident.

Source: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/northcentral-university-announces-data-4994249/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/northcentral-university

"id": "nor171520722",
"linkid": "northcentral-university",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "07/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Northcentral University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'addresses',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers',
                                                         'student '
                                                         'identification '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personally Identifiable '
                                              'Information']},
 'description': 'Northcentral University (NCU) experienced a data breach after '
                'an unauthorized party gained access to sensitive student data '
                'contained on the school’s network.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'addresses',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'student identification numbers']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Notified impacted individuals'],
              'containment_measures': ['Secured its network'],
              'third_party_assistance': ['Digital Forensics Firm']},
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized Party',
 'title': 'Northcentral University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}