The California Office of the Attorney General reported on July 28, 2020, that the Ventura College Foundation experienced a ransomware attack beginning on February 7, 2020, and potentially ending on May 20, 2020, compromising personal contact information. Approximately 3,400 individuals were affected, with the data possibly including names, addresses, email addresses, and donation history. Blackbaud, the database vendor, communicated the incident and took measures to secure data post-attack.
Source: https://oag.ca.gov/ecrime/databreach/reports/sb24-192468
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/ventura-college-foundation
"id": "ven206072825",
"linkid": "ventura-college-foundation",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 3400,
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Ventura, California',
'name': 'Ventura College Foundation',
'type': 'Non-profit'}],
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 3400,
'personally_identifiable_information': ['names',
'addresses',
'email addresses'],
'type_of_data_compromised': ['personal contact information']},
'date_detected': '2020-02-07',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-07-28',
'date_resolved': '2020-05-20',
'description': 'The Ventura College Foundation experienced a ransomware '
'attack beginning on February 7, 2020, and potentially ending '
'on May 20, 2020, compromising personal contact information.',
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
'addresses',
'email addresses',
'donation history']},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-07-28',
'source': 'California Office of the Attorney General'}],
'response': {'third_party_assistance': ['Blackbaud']},
'title': 'Ventura College Foundation Ransomware Attack',
'type': 'Ransomware'}