University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

The information of multiple University of Ottawa students who used the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) Food Bank was publicly available on the union’s website.

The personal numbers and emails of a total number of 111 students were listed on the document along with a list of items with the number of times they were requested by students.

The students were repulsed and disgusted by the breach incident.

Source: https://thefulcrum.ca/news/completely-outrageous-names-of-students-who-use-uosu-food-bank-made-public/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/uottawa

"id": "uni01417622",
"linkid": "uottawa",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2021",
"severity": "70",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
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                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Ottawa, Canada',
                        'name': 'University of Ottawa Students’ Union',
                        'type': 'Student Union'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 111,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Personal numbers',
                                                         'Emails'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal numbers', 'Emails']},
 'description': 'The information of multiple University of Ottawa students who '
                'used the University of Ottawa Students’ Union (UOSU) Food '
                'Bank was publicly available on the union’s website. The '
                'personal numbers and emails of a total number of 111 students '
                'were listed on the document along with a list of items with '
                'the number of times they were requested by students. The '
                'students were repulsed and disgusted by the breach incident.',
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 'title': 'University of Ottawa Students’ Union Food Bank Data Breach',
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