The confidential information of students at Life Sciences departmentof Queen's college was exposed in a data breach incident after a Life Sciences program advisor inadvertently attached an Excel class list file containing the compromised information to an email sent out to all fourth-year Life Sciences students.
The exposed information included student GPAs, student names, student numbers, academic plans, and years of study.
The email was recalled immediately, and IT Services worked quickly to delete the email and attachment.
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"id": "que205428522",
"linkid": "queen's-university",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Fourth-year Life Sciences '
'students',
'industry': 'Education',
'name': "Queen's College",
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Human Error',
'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['Excel'],
'personally_identifiable_information': ['Student Names',
'Student Numbers'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Student GPAs',
'Student Names',
'Student Numbers',
'Academic Plans',
'Years of Study']},
'description': 'The confidential information of students at Life Sciences '
"department of Queen's college was exposed in a data breach "
'incident after a Life Sciences program advisor inadvertently '
'attached an Excel class list file containing the compromised '
'information to an email sent out to all fourth-year Life '
'Sciences students.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Student GPAs',
'Student Names',
'Student Numbers',
'Academic Plans',
'Years of Study']},
'response': {'containment_measures': ['Email recalled',
'IT Services deleted the email and '
'attachment']},
'title': "Data Breach at Queen's College Life Sciences Department",
'type': 'Data Breach'}