Southwest Licking Local Schools suffered a data breach incident that involved the release of information, including names, addresses and even Social Security numbers of about 113 students.
A high school student accessed fellow students’ personal data through the district’s computer network and a shared server at the Licking Area Computer Association.
Southwest Licking officials also notified all potentially impacted families via letter.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/nj-data-breach-involves-southwest-licking-school-district-student-info/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/southwest-licking-school-dist
"id": "sou1934231122",
"linkid": "southwest-licking-school-dist",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2015",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 113,
'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'Southwest Licking Local Schools',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 113,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security Numbers']},
'description': 'A high school student accessed fellow students’ personal data '
'through the district’s computer network and a shared server '
'at the Licking Area Computer Association.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
'Addresses',
'Social Security Numbers'],
'systems_affected': ["District's Computer Network",
'Shared Server at Licking Area Computer '
'Association']},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Notified all potentially impacted '
'families via letter'},
'threat_actor': 'High School Student',
'title': 'Southwest Licking Local Schools Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}