Phillip Blancher reports from Ottawa: An October 18 ransomware attack has left personal data exposed by the local French-Public school board. The Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario issued a press release November 30 announcing it had been attacked, and that after resecuring the network it was discovered that some files stored at…
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Tulane University crime data breach exposes health records, sexual assault victims’ names
Missy Wilkinson Reports: Health records and names of people who visited Tulane University Medical Center’s emergency department, including for attempted suicide. Graphic information about sexual assaults and the identities of the victims, witnesses and suspects. All this and other sensitive information protected under federal privacy laws was visible to anyone with a Tulane email address…
Welcome surprise: threat actors give victim school district a free decryptor.
On November 23, DataBreaches.net reported that Avos Locker threat actors had added Beaverhead County High School in Montana to their leak site. At the time, this site reported: From their listing, Avos Locker is clearly aware that this is a tiny school district with only a few hundred students and less than two dozen teachers….
NY: Riverhead schools hit by ransomware attack, shutting down computer and tech infrastructure
Alek Lewis reports: The Riverhead Central School District was hit by a ransomware attack this morning, shutting down the district’s computer and technology infrastructure for what officials said could be several days. The district sent out a statement this morning at 8:48 a.m. on their social media alerting parents to what was then described as…
Ottawa’s French public school board paid hackers a ransom following cyberattack
Ted Raymond reports: Ottawa’s French public school board says it was the victim of a network security breach in October and it paid the hackers a ransom to secure the stolen data. In a statement on its website, the Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario (CEPEO) said it was notified of the cyberattack…
Seventh months after initial discovery, Broward Public Schools discloses Conti attack also impacted employees’ health insurance data
In March, 2021, Broward County Public Schools disclosed a breach that captured the public’s attention when Conti threat actors subsequently released a copy of their negotiation chat logs. When negotiations failed to result in an agreement, the threat actors dumped nearly 26,000 files on their dark web and clearnet leak sites. Now, seven months after…