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Breach occurred 2020-12-24Verifieduniversityofcalifornia.edu
What happened
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.
Data exposed
Frequently asked questions
The University of California data breach occurred on December 24, 2020. It was added to Have I Been Pwned's breach catalog on June 20, 2021.
547,422 accounts were affected by the University of California data breach, according to Have I Been Pwned's records.
The University of California breach exposed the following data types: Dates of birth, Education levels, Email addresses, Ethnicities, Genders, Job titles, Names, Phone numbers, Physical addresses, Social security numbers.
Yes. Have I Been Pwned has verified the University of California breach, meaning there's confirmed evidence the exposed data is genuine and tied to real accounts.
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