Quick Facts

• Date: 5/6/2011
• Institution: Central Oregon Community College
• Type of Incident: Penetration
• Number Affected: Unknown
• Source: ESI
• Abstract Source: KTVZ

Abstract
Central Oregon Community College recently notified users after taking the college's web site down following a two security breaches. According to notices sent by COCC officials, the web site was taken down on Wednesday and then again on Thursday following security breaches of the site on both days. While originally COCC did not believe any personal information was at risk, additional investigation showed the attacker(s) may have had accesses to 2011 COCC nursing program applicant data and 2012 COCC Foundation scholarship data. According to the notices sent to students in each of these groups, the applications did not contain credit card or Social Security numbers, but did contain email addresses and COCC ID numbers. According to the college, investigations are still ongoing to make sure no additional personal or sensitive information is at risk following the breaches. COCC is working with local and federal law enforcement during the investigation.