The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the San Mateo Foster City School District on May 11, 2016. On April 6, 2016, a thumb drive containing personal information, including names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of active employees, was misplaced, potentially affecting an unknown number of individuals. The incident did not involve financial or medical information, and a police report was filed.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-61794
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/san-mateo-foster-city-school-district
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"linkid": "san-mateo-foster-city-school-district",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Unknown number of active '
'employees',
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'San Mateo, California',
'name': 'San Mateo Foster City School District',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Physical Loss',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 'Unknown',
'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
'date_detected': '2016-04-06',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-05-11',
'description': 'A thumb drive containing personal information, including '
'names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of active '
'employees, was misplaced.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security Numbers'],
'identity_theft_risk': 'High'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-05-11',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': 'Yes'},
'title': 'Data Breach at San Mateo Foster City School District',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Misplaced Thumb Drive'}