Williamsville Central Schools

Williamsville Central School District suffered a data security breach in December 2021.

An unauthorized user sent more than 160 spam emails containing potential malicious links with sensitive student data to parents.

The school district along with an external forensic team investigated the incident and notified the impacted students.

Source: https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/buffalo/news/2022/02/09/williamsville-csd-reveals-2021-cybersecurity-breach

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/williamsville-central-schools

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"linkid": "williamsville-central-schools",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "12/2021",
"severity": "80",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Williamsville Central School District',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Spam Emails',
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': 'Sensitive Student Data'},
 'date_detected': 'December 2021',
 'description': 'Williamsville Central School District suffered a data '
                'security breach in December 2021. An unauthorized user sent '
                'more than 160 spam emails containing potential malicious '
                'links with sensitive student data to parents. The school '
                'district along with an external forensic team investigated '
                'the incident and notified the impacted students.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Sensitive Student Data']},
 'investigation_status': 'Investigated',
 'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Notified Impacted Students'],
              'third_party_assistance': ['External Forensic Team']},
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized User',
 'title': 'Williamsville Central School District Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}