Bellingham Technical College

On July 28, 2023, the Washington Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving Bellingham Technical College (BTC), which was caused by a cybersecurity incident linked to the National Student Clearinghouse (NSC). The breach, discovered on June 28, 2023, potentially exposed personal identifiable information, including names and Social Security numbers, affecting approximately 1,600 individuals.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=15459

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sbctc

"id": "sbc429080525",
"linkid": "sbctc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "5/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1600,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Bellingham, WA',
                        'name': 'Bellingham Technical College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1600,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2023-06-28',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-07-28',
 'description': 'A data breach at Bellingham Technical College (BTC) '
                'potentially exposed personal identifiable information, '
                'including names and Social Security numbers, affecting '
                'approximately 1,600 individuals.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-07-28',
                 'source': "Washington Attorney General's Office"}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Bellingham Technical College',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}