Security Magazine reports: Eleven new U.S. school districts (comprised of 226 schools) have been compromised by ransomware since late October, says a report by Armor. Since January 2019 to date, Armor has identified a total of 72 school districts and/or individual educational institutions that have publicly reported being a victim of ransomware. These attacks have potentially…
Category: Education Sector
Walla Walla, Wash., University Disrupted by Cyberattack
Sheila Hagar reports: Walla Walla University officials are investigating a campus-wide cyberattack that crashed online networks and phone lines this fall-finals week. School officials today referred to the hacking, discovered Monday, as a ransomware incident but did not confirm a monetary ransom was demanded. Read more on Government Technology.
Louisiana Community College System Hit with Ransomware
Mark Ballard reports: Going into commencement, Baton Rouge Community College computers were hit with ransomware. The Louisiana State Police have been called in and the computer servers have been shut down, Kizzy Payton, BRCC’s spokeswoman said Wednesday. […] Tech personnel were unsure if BRCC’s computers had been hacked as the state’s system was last month….
Sunapee school stands up to ransomware goons
Damien Fisher reports: The Wi-Fi service got restarted last week at Sunapee Middle High School, eight weeks after a ransomware attack took out the school’s data. The October attack was discovered first by the district’s technology team when it was determined that all of the data was encrypted, said Superintendent Russell Holden. With a lot…
Hong Kong schools fall victim to cyberattack, raising fears for private data of pupils
Danny Mok reports: Hackers have broken into a government system used by most of Hong Kong’s schools, raising fears for the personal data of pupils, parents and staff. Eight schools operating a web-based administrative network that stores highly sensitive information were breached, with three of them reporting data leaks, the Education Bureau said on Friday…
IT vendor fined after data of 47,800 students, parents and staff of Singapore schools hacked
Nicole Chang reports: IT vendor Learnaholic has been fined S$60,000 after the personal data of more than 47,000 students, parents and staff of various schools were hacked. The organisation provided services including attendance-taking and e-learning systems to schools in Singapore under a contract with the Ministry of Education. However, lapses in its security arrangements led…