On September 4, 2020, the Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported that Southern Adventist University experienced a data breach due to a ransomware attack by Blackbaud, affecting 1,336 Washington residents. The breach involved unauthorized access to personal information, including names, dates of birth, and student identification numbers, during an incident that occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/southern-adventist-university-school-of-business
"id": "sou819072925",
"linkid": "southern-adventist-university-school-of-business",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1336,
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Washington State',
'name': 'Southern Adventist University',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1336,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'dates of birth',
'student identification '
'numbers']},
'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-09-04',
'description': 'Southern Adventist University experienced a data breach due '
'to a ransomware attack by Blackbaud, affecting 1,336 '
'Washington residents. The breach involved unauthorized access '
'to personal information, including names, dates of birth, and '
'student identification numbers.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'dates of birth',
'student identification numbers']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-09-04',
'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
'threat_actor': 'Blackbaud',
'title': 'Southern Adventist University Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}