Garrett Davis reports: One email was all it took for hackers to steal some of the most personal information from people potentially now in high-ranking roles across the globe. The cyber attack was so sophisticated it didn’t even need the person to click on a link or open a document to compromise decades worth of…
Category: Education Sector
PA: Wyoming Area School District pays $38,000 ransom to free their network from attack
Andy Mehalshick reports: A school district in Luzerne County confirmed Tuesday it was the victim of a ransomware attack that locked up their computers for weeks. Wyoming Area School District officials say they had no choice but to pay up to free their computer network. “It slowed things down,” Wyoming Area senior Jack Dileo said….
Over 500 US schools were hit by ransomware in 2019
Catalin Cimpanu reports: In the first nine months of the year, ransomware infections have hit over 500 US schools, according to a report published last week by cyber-security firm Armor. In total, the company said it found and tracked ransomware infections at 54 educational organizations like school districts and colleges, accounting for disruptions at over…
Saint Mary’s email addresses appear in credential dump following Chegg data breach
Maeve Filbin reports: In April 2018, the widely-used tutoring service and textbook provider Chegg experienced a data breach, after an unauthorized source accessed one of the company’s databases. The breach was discovered in Sept. 2018. On Sept. 26, chief information officer Todd Norris announced in a campus-wide email that the Saint Mary’s College Information Technology…
OK: Guthrie Public Schools hit by ransomware attack
KOCO 5 reports: Guthrie Public Schools officials said they were the victims of a cyberattack after someone hit the district with a ransomware virus. Superintendent Mike Simpson told KOCO 5 he was made away of the situation Sept. 16. Because of the safeguards in place, he said no personal information was taken from students or…
Northshore School District hit by significant cyber attack
KOMO News reports: A cyberattack has crippled some of the systems in the Northshore School District, which covers Bothell, Woodinville and Kenmore. The district is calling this a “significant” attack that’s taken out some phones and all voice mail servers, but adds there’s no evidence that student or staff information has been compromised. A notice…