Maeve Filbin reports: In April 2018, the widely-used tutoring service and textbook provider Chegg experienced a data breach, after an unauthorized source accessed one of the company’s databases. The breach was discovered in Sept. 2018. On Sept. 26, chief information officer Todd Norris announced in a campus-wide email that the Saint Mary’s College Information Technology…
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OK: Guthrie Public Schools hit by ransomware attack
KOCO 5 reports: Guthrie Public Schools officials said they were the victims of a cyberattack after someone hit the district with a ransomware virus. Superintendent Mike Simpson told KOCO 5 he was made away of the situation Sept. 16. Because of the safeguards in place, he said no personal information was taken from students or…
Northshore School District hit by significant cyber attack
KOMO News reports: A cyberattack has crippled some of the systems in the Northshore School District, which covers Bothell, Woodinville and Kenmore. The district is calling this a “significant” attack that’s taken out some phones and all voice mail servers, but adds there’s no evidence that student or staff information has been compromised. A notice…
Wolcott school officials provide information on district wide cyber attack
Rebecca Cashman and Patricia Del Rio report on how the Wolcott, Connecticut school district is responding to the second cyberattack it has experienced in the past few months. The district declined to pay any ransom, and it’s not clear whether the two attacks are by the same hacker(s) or not. Read more on WFSB.
Mobile County Public Schools impacted by ransomware attack on vendor, back online now
You may have been a bit confused by the rapidly changing status involving Mobile County Public Schools in Alabama, who were impacted by a ransomware attack. Their site was down for about 24 hours, but is back up. The ransomware attack was against their vendor, SchoolinSITES.
Ransomware attack against Ava School District fails, prompts strengthening of network
KY3 in Missouri reports: Ransom notes mysteriously shot out of printers in the Ava School District, demanding money to get information back. The district shut down its network as a precaution. Ava’s Superintendent doesn’t think a Ransomeware attack that hit early Thursday morning got any important data. Read more on KY3. It’s interesting to read…