Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences

On August 7, 2020, the Washington State Office of the Attorney General reported a data breach at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences. The breach, which occurred in the third-party system Blackbaud between February and May 2020, affected 1,122 Washington residents and potentially compromised their names, full dates of birth, and student ID numbers.

Source: https://www.atg.wa.gov/data-breach-notifications | https://data.wa.gov/resource/sb4j-ca4h.json?id=10212

TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/wsu-pharmacy

"id": "wsu448072625",
"linkid": "wsu-pharmacy",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "2/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 1122,
                        'industry': 'Health Sciences',
                        'location': 'Washington',
                        'name': 'Pacific Northwest University of Health '
                                'Sciences',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Third-party system compromise',
 'data_breach': {'number_of_records_exposed': 1122,
                 'personally_identifiable_information': True,
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'full dates of birth',
                                              'student ID numbers']},
 'date_detected': '2020-07-16',
 'date_publicly_disclosed': '2020-08-07',
 'description': 'A data breach at Pacific Northwest University of Health '
                'Sciences, discovered on July 16, 2020, affected 1,122 '
                'Washington residents and potentially compromised their names, '
                'full dates of birth, and student ID numbers. The breach '
                'occurred in the third-party system Blackbaud between February '
                'and May 2020.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'full dates of birth',
                                 'student ID numbers'],
            'systems_affected': ['Blackbaud']},
 'references': [{'date_accessed': '2020-08-07',
                 'source': 'Washington State Office of the Attorney General'}],
 'title': 'Data Breach at Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences',
 'type': 'Data Breach'}
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