University of Oklahoma

The University of Oklahoma suffered a data breach that exposed thousands of students' educational records.

The compromised information includes social security numbers, financial aid information, and grades in records dating to at least 2002 through lax privacy settings in a campus file-sharing network, violating federal law.

They investigated the incident and FERPA expert Amelia Vance suggests schools regularly audit themselves.

Source: https://www.oudaily.com/news/ou-shuts-down-file-sharing-service-after-failing-to-protect/article_4f9a5e2c-50a2-11e7-a807-2f591e6c54f0.html

"id": "UNI53201022",
"linkid": "university-of-oklahoma",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "06/2017",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"