Personal Data Leak Monitor

University of California data breach

547K accounts from University of California (universityofcalifornia.edu) were exposed in this breach. Besides email addresses, it included social security numbers, which makes it a high-risk breach.

Breach date
December 24, 2020
Accounts
547,422
Added to the database
June 20, 2021

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What leaked

Dates of birthEducation levelsEmail addressesEthnicitiesGendersJob titlesNamesPhone numbersPhysical addressesSocial security numbers

What to do now

  1. Watch for accounts or mail opened in your name; contact the issuer
  2. If your birthday is a PIN, kindly change it
  3. Do not tap links in emails claiming to be that service
  4. Expect scam emails that use your real name
  5. Be alert to fake delivery or unpaid-bill texts and calls

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About this breach

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.

Source: Have I Been Pwned (CC BY 4.0)

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