UWM Foundation

UWM Foundation

On August 20, 2020, the Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving UWM Foundation that occurred between February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020. The breach, identified on July 16, 2020, was due to a ransomware cyberattack affecting 1,357 Washington residents, potentially compromising names, addresses, and dates of birth.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10254

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/uwm-foundation

"id": "uwm559072825",
"linkid": "uwm-foundation",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1357,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'UWM Foundation',
                        'type': 'Organization'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1357,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'addresses',
                                              'dates of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-07-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-20',
 'description': 'A data breach involving UWM Foundation occurred between '
                'February 7, 2020, and May 20, 2020, due to a ransomware '
                'cyberattack affecting 1,357 Washington residents, potentially '
                'compromising names, addresses, and dates of birth.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names', 'addresses', 'dates of birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-20',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'UWM Foundation Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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