KTRE reports: Lufkin ISD reports a ransomware attack occurred over the weekend. The Tuesday morning post on social media said several systems were affected and that the district is working to confirm data is not compromised. The hack was discovered Saturday but according to Sheila Adams at Lufkin ISD the program they had in place…
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Allen ISD Responds to Cybersecurity Breach
Another Texas school district has reported a cyberattack. NBC DFW reports: Allen ISD has not seen “any credible evidence” that personal information was accessed when it suffered a data breach last week, the district says. In the email sent to parents and staff on Thursday, Allen ISD said several systems including WiFi, printers, and phones…
IN: Carmel Clay Schools notifying 15,817 after compromise of employee email accounts
On February 24, 2021, Carmel Clay Schools in Indiana discovered suspicious activity involving employee email accounts. Their investigation revealed that there had been unauthorized access between February 15 – February 24. It took the district, working with third-party forensic specialists, until August 31 to determine everyone who may have had personal information in the compromised…
VA: Greensville County Public Schools hit by Grief threat actors
Grief threat actors have added another k-12 district to their list of victims who have refused to pay their ransom demands. Greensville County Public Schools in Emporia, Virginia was added to Grief’s dark web leak site on September 21. But by September 15, the district had already disclosed that they were dealing with a cyberware…
Responding to a CBS story on Palos Community Consolidated School District 118
On August 10, DataBreaches.net reported on several school districts hit by ransomware attacks. One of the districts discussed in that report was Palos Community Consolidated School District 118 in Illinois. In that section of the report, DataBreaches.net summarized some of the personnel and student data we had found in the threat actors’ data dump: There…
Ashland City Elementary PTO President faces theft, computer crimes charges
Katie Nixon reports: A former Ashland City Elementary STEM Academy Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) president is facing theft, forgery and computer crimes charges after an investigation led by the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office resulted her indictment Investigators were made aware of Jessica Tandy, 29, after former PTO officials reported the misappropriated funds. Read more on The Tennessean.