Breaches
1
1 verified
Records Exposed
547K
Total across all breaches
Data Types Leaked
10
1 high risk
Latest Breach
2020
UC

Breach History

UC
Dec 2020High
547.4K
Records exposed
10
Data types leaked
Verified
Status

In December 2020, the University of California suffered a data breach due to vulnerability in in a third-party provider, Accellion. The breach exposed extensive personal data on both students and staff including 547 thousand unique email addresses, names, dates of birth, genders, social security numbers, ethnicities and other academic related data attributes. Further analysis is available in Exploring the Impact of the UC Data Breach. The data was provided to HIBP courtesy of Cyril Gorlla.

Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthEducation levelsEmail addressesEthnicitiesGendersJob titlesNamesPhone numbersPhysical addressesSocial security numbers
Incident Status
Data breachYes
Data brokerNo
Policy contradictionsNo
Exposed Data Types
Dates of birthMedium risk
Education levelsLow risk
Email addressesLow risk
EthnicitiesLow risk
GendersLow risk
Job titlesLow risk
NamesLow risk
Phone numbersMedium risk
Physical addressesMedium risk
Social security numbersHigh risk