Stephen Marcantel reports: It was early August when teacher Heather Vidrine first heard about a cyberattack on her former school district in St. Landry Parish, but she didn’t think much about it — even after her Facebook got hacked. Now, she’s left to wonder whether the two are connected. Her Social Security number and other…
Category: Education Sector
From ransomware to attacks on vendors, school districts face multiple threats
Shirley Bilye provides an update on a ransomware attack affecting an Illinois school district: Meredosia-Chambersburg school district has been able to get most of its computer system back online after a cyberattack tried to hijack the network. Earlier this month, staff members started having problems using their computers. The screens eventually went black and the…
Has private financial information been exposed in the cyberattack on CCSD?
Kim Passoth reports: Has private financial information been exposed in the cyberattack on the Clark County School District? That is the big question teachers and parents still want an answer to. Some report since hackers breached CCSD network, there have been attempts to withdraw money from their accounts and some say they have had money…
Illuminate Education Defeats Data Breach Lawsuit for Second Time
Christopher Brown reports: Illuminate Education Inc. defeated for the second time a proposed class action alleging it failed to protect the personal information of more than 3 million elementary and high school students, which was exposed in a December 2021 data breach. The plaintiffs failed to show that they had suffered concrete harm from the breach…
K-12 schools improve protection against online attacks, but many are vulnerable to ransomware gangs
Alanna Durkin Richer repeorts: Some K-12 public schools are racing to improve protection against the threat of online attacks, but lax cybersecurity means thousands of others are vulnerable to ransomware gangs that can steal confidential data and disrupt operations. Since a White House conference in August on ransomware threats, dozens of school districts have signed up for free…
Is a new ransomware group’s listing for Decatur Independent School District linked to an attack in September?
Decatur Independent School District in Texas was added to Inc Ransomware’s leak site on Wednesday. There is no summary or description of what the threat actors claim to have done or acquired. There is no countdown clock or timer, and there is no indication of how much money is being demanded. There is a proofpack….