The Pennsylvania State University, College of Engineering

The Pennsylvania State University, College of Engineering

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach incident involving The Pennsylvania State University's College of Engineering on May 18, 2015. The breach involved personal information including Social Security Numbers, Driver's License Numbers, Bank Account Numbers, and Credit Card Numbers, with indications of unauthorized access to the systems dating back to September 2012 and possibly compromising personal information as recently as July 25, 2014.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-55957

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/pennstatefacilitiesengineeringinstitute

"id": "pen308072825",
"linkid": "pennstatefacilitiesengineeringinstitute",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2012",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Pennsylvania, USA',
                        'name': "The Pennsylvania State University's College "
                                'of Engineering',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
                                              "Driver's License Numbers",
                                              'Bank Account Numbers',
                                              'Credit Card Numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2015-05-18',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2015-05-18',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                "breach incident involving The Pennsylvania State University's "
                'College of Engineering on May 18, 2015. The breach involved '
                'personal information including Social Security Numbers, '
                "Driver's License Numbers, Bank Account Numbers, and Credit "
                'Card Numbers, with indications of unauthorized access to the '
                'systems dating back to September 2012 and possibly '
                'compromising personal information as recently as July 25, '
                '2014.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Social Security Numbers',
                                 "Driver's License Numbers",
                                 'Bank Account Numbers',
                                 'Credit Card Numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2015-05-18',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': "Data Breach at The Pennsylvania State University's College of "
          'Engineering',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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