The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reported a data breach on January 24, 2025, involving a cybersecurity event that caused disruption and unauthorized access to files between September 17, 2024, and September 29, 2024. The potentially affected information may include names and other variable data, with the number of individuals affected currently unknown.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/texas-tech-university-system
"id": "tex919072725",
"linkid": "texas-tech-university-system",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2024",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Healthcare',
'location': 'Texas, USA',
'name': 'Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['names', 'other variable data']},
'date_detected': '2025-01-24',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2025-01-24',
'description': 'The Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center reported a '
'data breach on January 24, 2025, involving a cybersecurity '
'event that caused disruption and unauthorized access to files '
'between September 17, 2024, and September 29, 2024. The '
'potentially affected information may include names and other '
'variable data, with the number of individuals affected '
'currently unknown.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'other variable data']},
'title': 'Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}