Stanford University

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Stanford University on December 1, 2017. The breach occurred when confidential personal employee information was accessible from September 2016 to March 2017, potentially affecting an unknown number of individuals. The compromised information included names, date of birth, Social Security Number, and annual benefits base salary.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-118732

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/stanford-university-center-for-internet-and-society

"id": "sta927080425",
"linkid": "stanford-university-center-for-internet-and-society",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2016",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'California, USA',
                        'name': 'Stanford University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
                                                         'date of birth',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'Number'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
                                              'Sensitive Information']},
 'date_detected': '2017-03-01',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2017-12-01',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving Stanford University on December 1, 2017. The '
                'breach occurred when confidential personal employee '
                'information was accessible from September 2016 to March 2017, '
                'potentially affecting an unknown number of individuals. The '
                'compromised information included names, date of birth, Social '
                'Security Number, and annual benefits base salary.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'date of birth',
                                 'Social Security Number',
                                 'annual benefits base salary']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2017-12-01',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Stanford University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}