Texas Tech University

Texas Tech University suffered a data breach affecting 1.4 million individuals, compromising a wide range of personal, health, and financial data amid a cyber attack. The incident at its Health Sciences Center and Health Sciences Center El Paso involved unauthorized access and potential data exfiltration over a period in September 2024. Compromised data include sensitive elements like Social Security numbers, medical records, and financial details. The breach has serious implications for the privacy and financial well-being of the impacted individuals. The university is mitigating the incident with credit monitoring services and has been targeted by the Interlock ransomware gang, with a substantial data trove of 2.6 TB reportedly stolen.

Source: https://securityaffairs.com/172085/data-breach/texas-tech-university-data-breach.html

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/texas-tech-university

"id": "tex000121824",
"linkid": "texas-tech-university",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2024",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1400000,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Texas, USA',
                        'name': 'Texas Tech University',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 1400000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                              'Medical records',
                                              'Financial details']},
 'date_detected': 'September 2024',
 'description': 'Texas Tech University suffered a data breach affecting 1.4 '
                'million individuals, compromising a wide range of personal, '
                'health, and financial data amid a cyber attack. The incident '
                'at its Health Sciences Center and Health Sciences Center El '
                'Paso involved unauthorized access and potential data '
                'exfiltration over a period in September 2024. Compromised '
                'data include sensitive elements like Social Security numbers, '
                'medical records, and financial details. The breach has '
                'serious implications for the privacy and financial well-being '
                'of the impacted individuals. The university is mitigating the '
                'incident with credit monitoring services and has been '
                'targeted by the Interlock ransomware gang, with a substantial '
                'data trove of 2.6 TB reportedly stolen.',
 'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Significant',
            'data_compromised': ['Social Security numbers',
                                 'Medical records',
                                 'Financial details'],
            'identity_theft_risk': 'High',
            'payment_information_risk': 'High'},
 'motivation': 'Data Theft, Financial Gain',
 'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes', 'ransomware_strain': 'Interlock'},
 'response': {'recovery_measures': 'Credit Monitoring Services'},
 'threat_actor': 'Interlock ransomware gang',
 'title': 'Texas Tech University Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach, Ransomware'}