Tidewater Community College suffered from a spear-phishing scam on the tax information of all those employed at the school in 2015.
Information like the names, Social Security numbers, banking information or email addresses were compromised in the attack.
The Tidewater community college investigated the attack and conducted proper cybersecurity training for those employees who handled sensitive data files.
Source: https://www.itgovernance.co.uk/blog/list-of-data-breaches-and-cyber-attacks-in-march-2016
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/tidewater-community-college
"id": "tid135011522",
"linkid": "tidewater-community-college",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "03/2016",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'Tidewater Community College',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Spear-Phishing',
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'banking information',
'email addresses']},
'date_detected': '2015',
'description': 'Tidewater Community College suffered from a spear-phishing '
'scam on the tax information of all those employed at the '
'school in 2015. Information like the names, Social Security '
'numbers, banking information, or email addresses were '
'compromised in the attack. The Tidewater Community College '
'investigated the attack and conducted proper cybersecurity '
'training for those employees who handled sensitive data '
'files.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'Social Security numbers',
'banking information',
'email addresses']},
'motivation': 'Data Theft',
'response': {'remediation_measures': ['cybersecurity training']},
'title': 'Tidewater Community College Spear-Phishing Scam',
'type': 'Data Breach'}