San Jose State University

The California Office of the Attorney General reported that San Jose State University experienced a data breach due to unauthorized access to a server on December 10, 2018. The breach potentially affected names, email addresses, usernames, and passwords of students, former students, faculty, and staff, with approximately 6,000 individuals affected. The university began notifying affected individuals via email on December 26, 2018.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-143171

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/san-jose-state-university

"id": "san504072925",
"linkid": "san-jose-state-university",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 6000,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'San Jose, California',
                        'name': 'San Jose State University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 6000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'email addresses'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'email addresses',
                                              'usernames',
                                              'passwords']},
 'date_detected': '2018-12-10',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2018-12-26',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported that '
                'San Jose State University experienced a data breach due to '
                'unauthorized access to a server on December 10, 2018. The '
                'breach potentially affected names, email addresses, '
                'usernames, and passwords of students, former students, '
                'faculty, and staff, with approximately 6,000 individuals '
                'affected. The university began notifying affected individuals '
                'via email on December 26, 2018.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'email addresses',
                                 'usernames',
                                 'passwords']},
 'references': [{'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Email notifications to affected '
                                        'individuals'},
 'title': 'San Jose State University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}