Pacific Lutheran University

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach by Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) on April 18, 2017. The breach, discovered on January 26, 2017, involved a phishing cyberattack that potentially affected the personal information of 813 Washington residents, including names, Social Security numbers, driver's license numbers, financial information, and dates of birth.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=9694

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/plu-gradprograms

"id": "plu315072625",
"linkid": "plu-gradprograms",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "1/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 813,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Pacific Lutheran University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Phishing',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 813,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2017-01-26',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-04-18',
 'description': 'A data breach at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) involving '
                'a phishing cyberattack that potentially affected the personal '
                'information of 813 Washington residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 "driver's license numbers",
                                 'financial information',
                                 'dates of birth']},
 'references': [{'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Pacific Lutheran University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}