Northeastern University

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported that Northeastern University experienced a data breach involving a ransomware attack on May 20, 2020, affecting 2,602 Washington residents. The breach potentially exposed individuals' names and dates of birth.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10219

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/northeastern-university-information-technology-services

"id": "nor203072825",
"linkid": "northeastern-university-information-technology-services",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 2602,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Boston, Massachusetts',
                        'name': 'Northeastern University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 2602,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Dates of Birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'that Northeastern University experienced a data breach '
                'involving a ransomware attack on May 20, 2020, affecting '
                '2,602 Washington residents. The breach potentially exposed '
                "individuals' names and dates of birth.",
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Dates of Birth']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Northeastern University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}