Supply chain
β Supply Chain
EdFinancial and Oklahoma Student Loan Authority Third-Party Breach (July 2022)
Primary Source βIncident Details
Student Loan Breach Exposes 2.5M Records. 2.5 million people were affected, in a breach that could spell more trouble down the line. EdFinancial and the Oklahoma Student Loan Authority (OSLA) are notifying over 2.5 million loanees that their personal data was exposed in a data breach. The target of the breach was Nelnet Servicing, the Lincoln, Neb.-based servicing system and web portal provider for OSLA and EdFinancial, according to a breach disclosure letter. Third-party company: Nelnet Servicing.
Technical Details
- Initial Attack Vector
- Compromise of third-party service provider / vendor relationship
- Vendor / Product
- Nelnet Servicing
- Supply Chain Attack
- β Confirmed third-party / vendor compromise
Timeline
- 2022-07-01 Breach occurred
- 2022-08-31 Publicly disclosed