As first reported on DataBreaches on Friday, SingularityMD indicated that they would be leaking or selling Jeffco Public Schools data. They followed through. In one thread on a popular hacking forum, they leaked what they claim is a 500 MB csv file for an AD Export from November 2020. The leak contains “includes hashed passwords,…
Category: Education Sector
Time’s up: SingularityMD sets up to sell data from Jeffco Public Schools
It looks like “SingularityMD,” the hacker(s) of Clark County School District in Nevada and Jeffco Public Schools in Colorado, are looking to start selling the data they exfiltrated. In an introductory post today on Breach Forums, they write: We are SingularityMD. We specialize in low sophistication corporate network infiltration. We are behind the following hacks…
Butte School District shuts down computer network after system compromised
John Emeigh reports: The Butte School District was forced to shut down its computer system this week to investigate an unknown breach of the network that serves all the public schools in the city. “All I can say is that we’re still investigating the issue and we do not have any clear information of what…
Paging regulators to Aisle 4 to look at Pacific Union College’s data security and breach disclosure
On November 8, Pacific Union College in California notified the Maine Attorney General’s Office of a breach in March 2023 that impacted 56,041 people. Their notification, submitted by external counsel at McDonald Hopkins, indicates that the breach occurred between March 5 and March 19, 2023 and was discovered on October 9, 2023. That discovery date…
Ransomware attack under investigation at Pulaski County Public Schools
The district’s Facebook notice on November 7: Dear Pulaski County Public Schools Community: Pulaski County Public Schools has unfortunately become the victim of a cybercriminal attack. On Sunday, we discovered irregularities in our systems. PCPS immediately retained outside experts to launch a forensic investigation and help secure our servers. We now know that this is…
Hopewell Area School District is yet another victim in the education sector
Marco A. De Felice, aka “Amvinfe,” reports: A new day, a new victim of a cyberattack in the field of education worldwide. This time, it’s the Hopewell Area School District (KG-12), a school district comprising 5 schools (Hopewell High School, Hopewell Memorial Junior High School, Margaret Ross Elementary, Independence Elementary, Hopewell Elementary) located in Aliquippa, Beaver County, PA, U.S., with…