Diane Lee reports that Horry County Schools, the third largest school district in South Carolina, was hit with ransomware in February, and paid up: A photo was sent to Horry County Schools in February. It said if you don’t pay 22 bitcoin within “7 days” “it’s impossible to recover your files.” Horry paid the $10,000…
Category: Education Sector
Ca: Appalaches school board & cancer support group hit with Zepto ransomware
CBC reported this earlier this week: The Sûreté du Québec’s major crimes unit is investigating two cases of ransomware attacks. The Appalaches school board in Thetford-Mines and La Rose des Vents, a support group for cancer patients in Sherbrooke, reported the cyberattacks to authorities after they could no longer access their online documents. Both organizations reported that thousands of their files have…
Montreal police search for suspects tied to Concordia U. data theft
CBC reports: Montreal police are asking for the public’s help in finding two suspects in connection with a security breach and data theft at Concordia University. University officials filed a police report in March after library and technical staff found hardware devices called keyloggers on some of its workstations. Read more on CBC.
Mat-Su campus hit by data breach; more than 5,000 affected
The Daily News-Miner reports: The University of Alaska Anchorage’s Mat-Su campus has been hit by a data breach, according to a University of Alaska news release Tuesday. Several months ago, an unknown hacker or hackers used employee credentials to gain access to a server where sensitive student information such as transcripts, financial aid information addresses…
Ca: Massive unreported security breach, $2 million alleged fraud at NorQuest College
Charles Rusnel and Jennie Russell report on a massive insider breach affecting NorQuest College executives and employees. The breach seems to have occurred in 2012, but is first coming to light. At the heart of the breach is Clarence Orleski, the college’s former manager of technology infrastructure. The scope of what he is alleged to have done is extensive,…
HK: Computer with 3,600 patients’ information stolen
RTHK reports: A laptop computer, containing information of more than 3,600 patients, has allegedly been stolen at Queen Mary Hospital. The computer belongs to the Department of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. The case has been reported to police and the privacy commissioner. The university has apologised to the affected patients. And that’s…