Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2018-07-26 00:00:00
Affected organization: Yale University
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Exploitive
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: Yale University notifies members of breach that took place between 2008 and 2009, when a threat actor managed to access a database and exfiltrate names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. The breach was discovered on June 16 this year.