The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) on November 13, 2020. The breach occurred on June 1, 2020, due to a cybersecurity attack that resulted in unauthorized access to personal information, including names and social security numbers, affecting an unspecified number of individuals. UCSF paid the attacker to recover encrypted data and has offered credit monitoring services to impacted individuals.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-196123
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ucsfhealth
"id": "ucs658072625",
"linkid": "ucsfhealth",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "6/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'San Francisco, California',
'name': 'University of California San Francisco',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
'social security numbers']},
'date_detected': '2020-06-01',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-11-13',
'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
'breach involving the University of California San Francisco '
'(UCSF) on November 13, 2020. The breach occurred on June 1, '
'2020, due to a cybersecurity attack that resulted in '
'unauthorized access to personal information, including names '
'and social security numbers, affecting an unspecified number '
'of individuals. UCSF paid the attacker to recover encrypted '
'data and has offered credit monitoring services to impacted '
'individuals.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'social security numbers']},
'ransomware': {'data_encryption': True, 'ransom_paid': True},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-11-13',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Data Breach at University of California San Francisco',
'type': 'Data Breach'}