Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing reports data breach
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The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) has reported that they received a communication from an unidentified individual claiming to have unauthorized access to their computer network.
As soon as ACEN became aware of the incident, they took immediate action to secure their network environment and initiated an investigation to ascertain the extent of the potential impact on personal informatio
Subsequent investigation revealed a potential unauthorized access to their managed file transfer server. They determined that certain individuals' personal information may have been impacted by this incident.
No details are available as to the nature of the attack, the type of exposed data or the number of affected individuals, Yet the hintt at file trasnfer server indicates that this is a possible event related to the MOVEit or GoAnywhere MFT breaches.
ACEN is notifying all potentially affected individuals about the breach and providing them with guidance on protecting their personal information. The organization is offering free credit and identity monitoring services to further safeguard those affected. There is no evidence of any misuse or attempted misuse of the compromised personal information in connection with this incident.
n. Furthermore, ACEN has implemented security measures to strengthen their environment, aiming to minimize the risk of similar incidents occurring in the future.
