Lakeland Community College

The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Lakeland Community College on September 20, 2023. Unauthorized access to the college's network occurred between March 7, 2023, and March 31, 2023, potentially affecting 285,948 individuals' Social Security Numbers. The college is offering complimentary one-year memberships with Equifax Gold credit monitoring to the affected residents.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/c4cd33d6-9424-4cb7-aca0-ad1d0183669f.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ohio-sbdc-at-lakeland-community-college

"id": "ohi304080425",
"linkid": "ohio-sbdc-at-lakeland-community-college",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "3/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 285948,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Lakeland Community College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 285948,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Social Security '
                                                        'Numbers',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Social Security Numbers'},
 'date_detected': '2023-09-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-09-20',
 'description': "Unauthorized access to the college's network occurred between "
                'March 7, 2023, and March 31, 2023, potentially affecting '
                "285,948 individuals' Social Security Numbers.",
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-09-20',
                 'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Lakeland Community College',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}