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Fairfax County Public Schools confirms it was a victim of cyberattack

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Dissent

There was nothing on the homepage of Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia that would indicate any cyberattack or problem, but  the ransomware threat actors known as Maze had  listed the FCPS on its leak site this week and provided some files as proof of access/acquisition.   DataBreaches.net contacted FCPS  to ask them whether they…

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Secure Data Technologies Sues Ex-Employee for Breach of Contract

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Dissent

Christina Tabacco reports: On Thursday, Secure Data Technologies, Inc. sued a former employee for hacking the company’s email system and removing confidential and proprietary information. The Eastern District of Missouri lawsuit states seven claims for relief under various Missouri and Illinois business tort and computer fraud statutes. According to the filing, Secure Data is an Illinois corporation,…

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Chesterfield County Public Schools battles hackers as school year begins

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Dissent

WAVY reports: Unknown users are entering Chesterfield County Public School virtual classrooms – a trend concerning parents as the school year is barely underway. 8News spoke with the parent of a freshman at Thomas Dale High School who recorded an incident involving an anonymous user in his virtual math class. Nicole Martin says the unidentified…

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IA: Fort Dodge Community School District to reopen after cyberattack

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Dissent

KCCI reports: The Fort Dodge Community School District will be back in session Friday after a cyberattack forced the closure of the school Thursday. Superintendent Jesse Ulrich confirmed that the district experienced a cyberattack Wednesday. Ulrich said the attack compromised its phones and internet. The problem has since been resolved. Read more on KCCI. It is…

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Hackers shutdown first day of Toledo Public Schools’ online classes

Posted on September 9, 2020 by Dissent

Melissa Voetsch reports: Toledo Public Schools experienced a computer hacking on its first day of online learning. According to district administrators, the day started well with students and staff signing on, but around noon, they received word that the system had been hacked. The district immediately shut down its system and brought in the FBI…

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SC: Pickens County School District internet outage caused by cyberattack, district says

Posted on September 8, 2020 by Dissent

Stephanie Towers reports: An Upstate school district dealt with an internet outage Tuesday morning. The Pickens County School District said the outages on school and student devices were caused by a Distributed Denial-of-Service (DDOS) attack on servers tasked with running Pickens County School District Online Services. “I want to be clear it wasn’t a DDOS…

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