University of Essex

The University of Essex suffered a data breach incident after an external partner of the college sent an email including the personal information of more than 400 students.

The email contained a spreadsheet containing student IDs, dates of birth, and contact details.

The university contacted all individuals involved to offer advice and support.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-essex-61312383

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/university-of-essex

"id": "uni11917822",
"linkid": "university-of-essex",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2022",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 400,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'University of Essex',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email',
 'data_breach': {'file_types_exposed': ['Spreadsheet'],
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 400,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Student IDs',
                                                         'Dates of Birth',
                                                         'Contact Details'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'description': 'The University of Essex suffered a data breach incident after '
                'an external partner of the college sent an email including '
                'the personal information of more than 400 students.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Student IDs',
                                 'Dates of Birth',
                                 'Contact Details']},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'The university contacted all '
                                        'individuals involved to offer advice '
                                        'and support.'},
 'title': 'University of Essex Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}