Winters ISD

The Winters Independent School District (ISD) suffered from a data breach incident.

The compromised information includes name, date of birth, and with their district ID, username, and password. And apart from the birth certificates, there were occasional files with social security numbers.

In response to attacks on the education industry, the FBI released a Flash Alert.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/k-12-school-districts-fall-prey-to-pysa-ransomware/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/winters-isd

"id": "win650201222",
"linkid": "winters-isd",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "10/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Winters Independent School District (ISD)',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'personally_identifiable_information': ['Name',
                                                         'Date of Birth',
                                                         'District ID',
                                                         'Username',
                                                         'Password',
                                                         'Birth Certificates',
                                                         'Social Security '
                                                         'Numbers'],
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['Name',
                                              'Date of Birth',
                                              'District ID',
                                              'Username',
                                              'Password',
                                              'Birth Certificates',
                                              'Social Security Numbers']},
 'description': 'The Winters Independent School District (ISD) suffered from a '
                'data breach incident. The compromised information includes '
                'name, date of birth, district ID, username, and password. '
                'Apart from birth certificates, there were occasional files '
                'with social security numbers.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['Name',
                                 'Date of Birth',
                                 'District ID',
                                 'Username',
                                 'Password',
                                 'Birth Certificates',
                                 'Social Security Numbers']},
 'references': [{'source': 'FBI Flash Alert'}],
 'response': {'law_enforcement_notified': 'FBI'},
 'title': 'Winters ISD Data Breach',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}