University of Washington

On February 17, 2023, the Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach by the University of Washington that occurred on February 4, 2022. The breach involved the inadvertent disclosure of personal information during a research study, affecting 534 individuals. The compromised data included names, dates of birth, and medical information.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=14768

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

"id": "uni557072525",
"linkid": "university-of-washington-office-of-research",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2022",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 534,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Washington, USA',
                        'name': 'University of Washington',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Inadvertent Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 534,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names',
                                              'Dates of Birth',
                                              'Medical Information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-02-17',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-02-17',
 'description': 'Inadvertent disclosure of personal information during a '
                'research study.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names',
                                 'Dates of Birth',
                                 'Medical Information']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-02-17',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'University of Washington Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}