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Over 500 US schools were hit by ransomware in 2019

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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Saint Mary’s email addresses appear in credential dump following Chegg data breach

Posted on October 1, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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OK: Guthrie Public Schools hit by ransomware attack

Posted on September 26, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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Northshore School District hit by significant cyber attack

Posted on September 25, 2019 by Dissent

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…

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Wolcott school officials provide information on district wide cyber attack

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Dissent

Rebecca Cashman and Patricia Del Rio report on how the Wolcott, Connecticut school district is responding to the second cyberattack it has experienced in the past few months. The district declined to pay any ransom, and it’s not clear whether the two attacks are by the same hacker(s) or not.  Read more on WFSB.  

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Mobile County Public Schools impacted by ransomware attack on vendor, back online now

Posted on September 24, 2019 by Dissent

You may have been a bit confused by the rapidly changing status involving Mobile County Public Schools in Alabama, who were impacted by a ransomware attack. Their site was down for about 24 hours, but is back up.  The ransomware attack was against their vendor, SchoolinSITES.

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