Save the Children

Save the Children

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.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10237

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'}
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