The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) on May 1, 2019. The breach occurred on April 10, 2019, when student identification numbers, names, usernames, and default passwords were mistakenly shared with unauthorized individuals for approximately two hours, affecting current and some former Buena Vista Horace Mann (BVHM) students. The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-146782
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sfusd
"id": "sfu331072525",
"linkid": "sfusd",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "4/2019",
"severity": "25",
"impact": "1",
"explanation": "Attack without any consequences"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'San Francisco, California',
'name': 'San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD)',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Data Sharing',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Student Identification Numbers',
'Names',
'Usernames',
'Default Passwords']},
'date_detected': '2019-04-10',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2019-05-01',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving the San Francisco Unified School District '
'(SFUSD) on May 1, 2019. The breach occurred on April 10, '
'2019, when student identification numbers, names, usernames, '
'and default passwords were mistakenly shared with '
'unauthorized individuals for approximately two hours, '
'affecting current and some former Buena Vista Horace Mann '
'(BVHM) students. The number of individuals affected is '
'currently unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Student Identification Numbers',
'Names',
'Usernames',
'Default Passwords']},
'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2019-05-01',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at San Francisco Unified School District',
'type': 'Data Breach',
'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}