This week, a number of universities were added to CLOP threat actors’ dark web leak site. They appear to be linked to the Accellion breach in December and January. As a reminder, many of Accellion’s clients used a standalone server with Accellion’s software to transfer large files. The attack did not hit Accellion’s clients’ own…
Category: Education Sector
Update on education sector clients impacted by Blackbaud ransomware incident
I don’t know how he finds the energy to do it, but Marco A. DeFelice (@amvinfe on Twitter) continues to track disclosures involving Blackbaud’s ransomware incident of 2020. He has organized his tabulations by whether the entities are hospitals or educational facitlities, etc. Today he has provided another update to the education sector, in which…
GA: Cyberattack on Cobb schools enabled by contractor’s weak password, police say
Kristal Dixon reports: An attack on the Cobb County School District’s crisis management system that forced all schools into lockdown last month happened because of a weak password, according the police. The password was not created by a school district employee, but a worker with the AlertPoint security system used by the district, police said….
FL: School officials investigate possible breach involving firm they never used
John Henderson reports: Alachua County school officials are investigating whether students’ personal information was compromised after a data breach in a computer system connected to school meal programs. The district notified families of school children Monday that a letter sent out recently by PCS Revenue Control Systems Inc. — a company that handles computer services for reduced lunch programs — is…
DeKalb, Austin schools notify parents about data breach
Kristal Dixon reports that a Georgia school district is notifying parents because of a breach at PCS Revenue Control Systems. This site had previously noted Polk County was notifying parents. …. PCS Revenue Control Systems, Inc. this month sent letters to parents stating that the company in December 2019 detected an unauthorized access to files…
Hackers hit Harris in latest ‘highly sophisticated’ cyber attack
James Carr reports: One of the country’s largest academy trusts has become the latest victim of a targeted ransomware cyber attack – with laptops used by pupils and email systems disabled. Harris Federation, which runs 49 schools, detected the attack on Saturday, and has been working through the weekend to resolve the issues. A Schools Week investigation last…