University of York

The university of York had data breach incident caused by a ransomware attack on their third-party service provider from an unnamed gang.

The cybercriminals managed to extract copies of staff, alumni, and student records while no sensitive information was leaked.

Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/university-of-york-confirms-recent-data-breach-was-caused-by-ransomware

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

"id": "uni13477222",
"linkid": "uniofyork",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "05/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'University of York',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Staff Records',
                                              'Alumni Records',
                                              'Student Records']},
 'description': 'The University of York experienced a data breach caused by a '
                'ransomware attack on their third-party service provider. The '
                'attack was conducted by an unnamed gang. The cybercriminals '
                'managed to extract copies of staff, alumni, and student '
                'records, but no sensitive information was leaked.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Staff Records',
                                 'Alumni Records',
                                 'Student Records']},
 'motivation': 'Financial Gain',
 'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unnamed Gang',
 'title': 'Data Breach Incident at the University of York',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}