University of South Carolina

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving the University of South Carolina on August 18, 2020. The breach, which occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, involved a ransomware cyberattack, potentially affecting 1,165 Washington residents' personal information, including names and full dates of birth.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10249

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/university-of-south-carolina-development

"id": "uni920072825",
"linkid": "university-of-south-carolina-development",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1165,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'South Carolina',
                        'name': 'University of South Carolina',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1165,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Full dates of birth'],
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-05-20',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-18',
 'description': 'The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported '
                'a data breach involving the University of South Carolina on '
                'August 18, 2020. The breach, which occurred between February '
                '7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, involved a ransomware cyberattack, '
                "potentially affecting 1,165 Washington residents' personal "
                'information, including names and full dates of birth.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full dates of birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-18',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'University of South Carolina Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}