University of Central Florida

The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the University of Central Florida on February 5, 2016. The breach resulted from unauthorized access to a database containing personal information, such as names and Social Security numbers, discovered on January 8, 2016. Approximately 70,000 individuals were affected by the incident.

Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-59991

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/university-of-central-florida-office-of-research

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"linkid": "university-of-central-florida-office-of-research",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2015",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 70000,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Florida, USA',
                        'name': 'University of Central Florida',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 70000,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Social Security numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2016-01-08',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2016-02-05',
 'description': 'The California Office of the Attorney General reported a data '
                'breach involving the University of Central Florida on '
                'February 5, 2016. The breach resulted from unauthorized '
                'access to a database containing personal information, such as '
                'names and Social Security numbers, discovered on January 8, '
                '2016. Approximately 70,000 individuals were affected by the '
                'incident.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2016-02-05',
                 'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'University of Central Florida Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}