The Maine Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach involving Washington College on November 15, 2023. The breach, discovered on October 20, 2023, involved unauthorized access to systems via VPN between February 11, 2023, and March 14, 2023, affecting 44 Maine residents and potentially compromising personal information, including driver's license numbers. Washington College is offering 12 months of complimentary credit monitoring and identity theft protection services.
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/washington-college-ces
"id": "was957072925",
"linkid": "washington-college-ces",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2023",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 44,
'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'Washington College',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'VPN',
'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 44,
'personally_identifiable_information': True,
'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
'type_of_data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
"Driver's License Numbers"]},
'date_detected': '2023-10-20',
'date_publicly_disclosed': '2023-11-15',
'description': 'Unauthorized access to systems via VPN affecting 44 Maine '
'residents and potentially compromising personal information, '
"including driver's license numbers.",
'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Personal Information',
"Driver's License Numbers"],
'identity_theft_risk': True},
'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'VPN'},
'references': [{'date_accessed': '2023-11-15',
'source': 'Maine Office of the Attorney General'}],
'title': 'Washington College Data Breach',
'type': 'Data Breach'}