A Metro Vancouver university, Simon Fraser University (SFU) had became a victim of data breach which took place at the institution.
Those affected include any faculty, staff, students, alumni, and retirees who joined the university before June 20, 2019.
Information that was exposed includes SFU Computing IDs; SFU student or employee ID numbers; first, last, and preferred names; birthdates; employee groups; mail list memberships; course enrollment; external email addresses; web form data; and encrypted passwords.l.
Source: https://www.straight.com/tech/1367431/sfu-hit-ransomware-attack-resulting-data-breach
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/simon-fraser-university
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"linkid": "simon-fraser-university",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "03/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': ['faculty',
'staff',
'students',
'alumni',
'retirees'],
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Metro Vancouver',
'name': 'Simon Fraser University',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'encrypted passwords',
'personally_identifiable_information': ['SFU Computing IDs',
'SFU student or '
'employee ID numbers',
'first, last, and '
'preferred names',
'birthdates'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['SFU Computing IDs',
'SFU student or employee ID '
'numbers',
'first, last, and preferred '
'names',
'birthdates',
'employee groups',
'mail list memberships',
'course enrollment',
'external email addresses',
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'description': 'A Metro Vancouver university, Simon Fraser University (SFU), '
'became a victim of a data breach which took place at the '
'institution. Those affected include any faculty, staff, '
'students, alumni, and retirees who joined the university '
'before June 20, 2019. Information that was exposed includes '
'SFU Computing IDs; SFU student or employee ID numbers; first, '
'last, and preferred names; birthdates; employee groups; mail '
'list memberships; course enrollment; external email '
'addresses; web form data; and encrypted passwords.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['SFU Computing IDs',
'SFU student or employee ID numbers',
'first, last, and preferred names',
'birthdates',
'employee groups',
'mail list memberships',
'course enrollment',
'external email addresses',
'web form data',
'encrypted passwords']},
'title': 'Simon Fraser University Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}