Southern College of Optometry

Southern College of Optometry notified students whose loan information and social security numbers was hacked.

They do not have any evidence that any misuse of personal information has occurred as a result of this incident.

The email containing this information was forwarded by the hacker to a third party email address.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/southern-college-of-optometry-notifies-students-whose-loan-information-was-hacked/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/southern-college-of-optometry

"id": "sou23691122",
"linkid": "southern-college-of-optometry",
"type": "Data Leak",
"date": "07/2018",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Students',
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Southern College of Optometry',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Loan information',
                                              'Social security numbers']},
 'description': 'Southern College of Optometry notified students whose loan '
                'information and social security numbers were hacked. There is '
                'no evidence of misuse of personal information. The email '
                'containing this information was forwarded by the hacker to a '
                'third party email address.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Loan information', 'Social security numbers'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'Potential'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notified affected students'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
 'title': 'Southern College of Optometry Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}