University of East Anglia Human Resources

The University of East Anglia suffered from a data breach incident after an email was mistakenly sent to 320 American Studies that contains details of students with extenuating circumstances.

The university has launched an investigation and offered support to everyone affected.

Source: https://thetab.com/uk/norwich/2017/06/16/exclusive-a-named-list-of-students-extenuating-circumstances-has-been-accidentally-sent-in-a-uea-department-email-27522

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"id": "uni1124151022",
"linkid": "universityofeastangliahr",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Norwich, United Kingdom',
                        'name': 'University of East Anglia',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Accidental Email Disclosure',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 320,
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'Medium',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Student details with '
                                              'extenuating circumstances']},
 'description': 'The University of East Anglia suffered from a data breach '
                'incident after an email was mistakenly sent to 320 American '
                'Studies that contains details of students with extenuating '
                'circumstances.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Student details with extenuating '
                                 'circumstances']},
 'investigation_status': 'Launched an investigation',
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Offered support to everyone affected'},
 'title': 'Data Breach at University of East Anglia',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}