Urban College of Boston

The Massachusetts Attorney General's Office reported a data breach involving Urban College of Boston (UCB) on October 27, 2023. The breach occurred on September 15, 2023, when an employee mistakenly uploaded a document containing personal information, including names and Social Security numbers, to an unsecured SharePoint site. The number of individuals affected is currently unknown.

Source: https://www.maine.gov/agviewer/content/ag/985235c7-cb95-4be2-8792-a1252b4f8318/cf33ce4e-f876-489a-bb43-3cf361534bbf.shtml

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/urban-college-of-boston-a-two-year-college-inc

"id": "urb416080425",
"linkid": "urban-college-of-boston-a-two-year-college-inc",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "9/2023",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Boston, MA',
                        'name': 'Urban College of Boston',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Accidental Exposure',
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Names',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information']},
 'date_detected': '2023-10-27',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-10-27',
 'description': 'An employee mistakenly uploaded a document containing '
                'personal information, including names and Social Security '
                'numbers, to an unsecured SharePoint site.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Social Security numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['SharePoint site']},
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human Error'},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-10-27',
                 'source': "Massachusetts Attorney General's Office"}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Urban College of Boston',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human Error'}