The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Save the Children on August 14, 2020. The breach occurred from February 2020 until May 20, 2020, as a result of a ransomware cyberattack, impacting 47,465 individuals. The compromised data included names, financial information, and dates of birth.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/save-the-children-us
"id": "sav839072525",
"linkid": "save-the-children-us",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 47465,
'industry': 'Charity',
'name': 'Save the Children',
'type': 'Non-profit Organization'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 47465,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'financial information',
'dates of birth']},
'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-14',
'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
'a data breach involving Save the Children on August 14, 2020. '
'The breach occurred from February 2020 until May 20, 2020, as '
'a result of a ransomware cyberattack, impacting 47,465 '
'individuals, with compromised data including names, financial '
'information, and dates of birth.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'financial information',
'dates of birth']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-14',
'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Save the Children Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}