Rochester Community and Technical College

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.

Source: https://news.yahoo.com/rctc-students-birthdates-released-data-040100557.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaXRnb3Zlcm5hbmNlLmNvLnVrLw&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAE_tE27Hu7ZeTSqpuHi7h5VDKs7EaJhi8aHS8-xsR1Gp6FXuZPyqtJmhmfEVPxLszXgUQwc9cAQR0YxUuVp5ItLYh8-Ll2yEJOq7ust71o__v9CfjahO-oR8LF3JVzH2x-TQ-Z1rtdcYG_j8Sl_8ojlxHBRqxxBU_sBZt983l_XG

"id": "ROC65030123",
"linkid": "rochester-community-and-technical-college",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "04/2021",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"