University of Ottawa

The University of Ottawa faced a potential privacy breach that impacted 188 people, including elementary and high school students who attended a summer program on campus.

A password-protected laptop was stolen from a university employee’s vehicle.

The laptop was used for Destination Clic, a three-week summer program at the U of O for francophone students in grades 8 and 9 who live outside of Quebec and the personal information related to 188 program participants and employees may have been stored on the laptop

Source: https://thefulcrum.ca/news/u-of-o-gives-notice-of-potential-privacy-breach-impacting-188-people/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/uottawa

"id": "uni25121222",
"linkid": "uottawa",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "01/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 188,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Ottawa, Canada',
                        'name': 'University of Ottawa',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Physical Theft',
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Password-Protected',
                 'number_of_records_exposed': 188,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'description': 'The University of Ottawa faced a potential privacy breach '
                'that impacted 188 people, including elementary and high '
                'school students who attended a summer program on campus. A '
                'password-protected laptop was stolen from a university '
                'employee’s vehicle. The laptop was used for Destination Clic, '
                'a three-week summer program at the U of O for francophone '
                'students in grades 8 and 9 who live outside of Quebec and the '
                'personal information related to 188 program participants and '
                'employees may have been stored on the laptop.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information'],
            'systems_affected': ['Laptop']},
 'references': [{'source': 'University of Ottawa'}],
 'title': 'Theft of Password-Protected Laptop at University of Ottawa',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Lack of Physical Security'}