West Virginia University Foundation

The Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported on August 21, 2020, that the West Virginia University Foundation experienced a ransomware attack beginning on February 7, 2020, and ending on May 20, 2020. The incident affected 1,015 Washington residents and potentially compromised their names and full date of birth information.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10261

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/west-virginia-university-foundation-inc

"id": "wes818072625",
"linkid": "west-virginia-university-foundation-inc",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1015,
                        'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'West Virginia',
                        'name': 'West Virginia University Foundation',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1015,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full date of birth']},
 'date_detected': '2020-02-07',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-21',
 'date_resolved': '2020-05-20',
 'description': 'The West Virginia University Foundation experienced a '
                'ransomware attack that potentially compromised the names and '
                'full date of birth information of 1,015 Washington residents.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Names', 'Full date of birth']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-21',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on West Virginia University Foundation',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}