Lee University personal data leaked via third-party software flaw
Lee University suffered a data breach linked to a vulnerability in third-party software. The leaked data included Social Security numbers. The university announced the breach, and an investigation into possible related litigation was also conducted.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Lee University
- Incident type
- Data breach
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Personal data including Social Security numbers
- Cause / method
- Vulnerability in third-party software
- Location
- United States
If your data was exposed
Exposed dataNational ID number
Timeline
- News of an investigation into possible litigation over the Lee University data breach was published.
- The link between the university's data breach announcement and a third-party software vulnerability came to light.
- It emerged that the leaked data included Social Security numbers.
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