MX: BlackCat claims attack on Grupo Estrategas EMM ALPHV, aka BlackCat, claims to have attacked Grupo Estrategas EMM, but the ransomware group has not as yet uploaded any proof of claims. Nor has the insurance firm posted any notice on its website or social media indicating any incident. The insurer has not responded to an…
Category: Education Sector
UK: Schools hit by cyber attack and documents leaked
Jonathan Holmes reports: Highly confidential documents from 14 schools have been leaked online by hackers, the BBC can reveal. One of those was Pates Grammar School in Gloucestershire, targeted by a hacking group called Vice Society. The documents, seen by the BBC, include children’s SEN information, child passport scans, staff pay scales and contract details,…
Report: 25% of Districts Victimized by Cyber Attacks in 2022
Giovanni Albanese reports: San Francisco-based Clever on Thursday released its Cybersecure 2023 report, based on October 2022 surveys of an excess of 800 administrators and more than 3,000 teachers in the U.S. The respondents had differing views on a wide number of issues but the two sides are in agreement that schools need better training, technology and…
Swansea Public Schools cancel classes Wednesday after ransomware attack
Ryan Mancini reports: Schools canceled classes on Wednesday after the Swansea Public Schools was reportedly struck by a ransomware attack. Superintendent John J. Robidoux informed families on Tuesday that the district’s network was shut down. Read more at MassLive. h/t, Doug Levin
Bristol Community College acknowledges ransomware attack
Stephen Peterson reports: The computer systems of Bristol Community College were hacked in a “ransomware” incident, college officials acknowledge. The college, which has a campus in Attleboro, said in a statement posted Friday on its website their computer network was hacked by a “criminal cyberattack” and “this incident involved ransomware encryption.” Read more at The…
Keeping Bad Actors Out of K–12’s IP Surveillance System
Eileen Belastock reports: K–12 districts are investing a larger portion of their budgets in new security technologies to create safer environments for their school communities. A 2020 study conducted by Omdia on behalf of the Security Industry Association showed the market for physical security equipment in K–12 and higher education was $716 million in 2020. The K–12…