Rochester Community Technical College was hit by a cyber attack which was a data breach it was discovered that a third-party company had received the birthdates of 5,392 students.
No other personal information from students was released in the breach but a birth date plays a crucial role in scammers being able to acquire someone's social security number.
Affected students received notifications of its occurrence between April 1 and April 25.
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/rochester-community-and-technical-college
"id": "roc65030123",
"linkid": "rochester-community-and-technical-college",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2021",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 5392,
'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'Rochester Community Technical College',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': True,
'number_of_records_exposed': 5392,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': 'Birthdates'},
'description': 'Rochester Community Technical College experienced a data '
'breach where a third-party company received the birthdates of '
'5,392 students. No other personal information was released, '
'but birthdates are crucial for acquiring social security '
'numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Birthdates'], 'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Affected students received '
'notifications of its occurrence '
'between April 1 and April 25.'},
'title': 'Data Breach at Rochester Community Technical College',
'type': 'Data Breach'}