Puget Sound Educational Service District suffered a data security incident after certain employee emails were hacked.
The incident exposed personal information including names, dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial account information, and high-level medical information of employees and students of various King and Pierce County Schools.
PSESD launched investigation to know the extent of the breach and notified the impacted individuals.
Source: https://www.q13fox.com/news/puget-sound-educational-service-district-reports-data-breach
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/puget-sound-esd
"id": "pug11414622",
"linkid": "puget-sound-esd",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "6",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the economy of a geographical region"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'King and Pierce County Schools',
'name': 'Puget Sound Educational Service District',
'type': 'Educational Service District'}],
'attack_vector': 'Email Hacking',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
'Financial Information',
'Medical Information']},
'description': 'Puget Sound Educational Service District suffered a data '
'security incident after certain employee emails were hacked. '
'The incident exposed personal information including names, '
'dates of birth, Social Security numbers, financial account '
'information, and high-level medical information of employees '
'and students of various King and Pierce County Schools. PSESD '
'launched an investigation to know the extent of the breach '
'and notified the impacted individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'dates of birth',
'Social Security numbers',
'financial account information',
'high-level medical information']},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Email'},
'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notified impacted individuals'},
'title': 'Puget Sound Educational Service District Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}