UMass Chan Medical School Breach
Date: June, 2023UMass Chan Medical School is part of the University of Massachusetts public school system. The school serves a small number of medical students and trains specialized techniques to the students. This school is a public medical school and is designed to give students training for creating vaccinations and other specialized processes. This school is home to highly specialized information and since it's part of the greater University system a huge amount of information is all connected to the facility. That's why it's upsetting to learn the school suffered from a data breach in connection with all the MOVEit breaches.
What Was the Breach?
The UMass Chan Medical School breach occurred because it used the MOVEit file transfer tool to move some of its information, or one of its third-party providers used the service. Either way, important information was connected to MOVEit and hackers learned to exploit the tool to take any information connected to it.
How Did the Breach Occur?
The UMass Chan Medical School breach occurred because it used the MOVEit file transfer tool to move some of its information, or one of its third-party providers used the service. Either way, important information was connected to MOVEit and hackers learned to exploit the tool to take any information connected to it.
When Did This Breach Occur?
The MOVEit data breaches occurred at the end of May and the beginning of June 2023. During a few weeks, the information of countless organizations was taken, exposing millions of individuals to identity theft attacks, extortion, and other data-related problems.
Who Does the Breach Impact?
This data breach may impact as many as 134,000 students connected to the medical school and the University of Massachusetts system itself. Each of these students will receive a notice from the school explaining the breach and what potential problems it might cause.
How Many Files Does the Breach Affect?
We don't know the total number of UMass files taken in this breach, but we suspect that thousands of documents were involved overall. The university stated that it didn't lose school-related information, so we can only assume the documents taken were all related to students.
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