Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) has had numerous breaches in the past 15 years, including one ransomware incident that affected more than 170,000 former and current employees and students. Here’s a recent incident that just showed up on a state attorney general’s website. FCPS’s notification for this latest incident states that on or about December…
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NC: ‘Ransomware cult’ claims to have hacked two local schools
Morgan Frances reports: Folders containing sensitive information were published on Twitter by a group claiming to have hacked into Socrates Academy in Matthews and Movement School. The hackers, which Queen City News has decided not to name, first posted proof of their hack, promising more to come if school officials didn’t cooperate. “I saw a…
WA: Adna School District Defrauded $346,000 in Phishing Scam
The Chronicle reports: The Adna School District was defrauded of $346,000 through what school officials have called a “sophisticated phishing scam,” according to Adna Superintendent Thad Nelson. The district announced the fraud in a detailed email to The Chronicle on Thursday, noting that after the activity was confirmed, the district notified the FBI, the Washington…
Lake Dallas Independent School District notifies 21,982 Texans of breach
In April, the Royal ransomware gang added Lake Dallas Independent School District in Texas to its leak site. Quoting the district’s description of itself, the attackers commented: Lake Dallas Independent School District has a vibrant, growing student population, an excellent array of programs, a strong curriculum, and a progressive, innovative atmosphere. Seems like everything…
MA: Lawrence Family Development Charter School allegedly attacked by Snatch Team
Threat actors known as Snatch Team added the Lawrence Family Development Charter School in Massachusetts to their leak site yesterday. No proof has been provided by the attackers at this point. Two attempts to contact LFCDS administrators through their website contact forms for messages to faculty and staff both failed with messages “{“statusText”:”*** Forbidden. You…
Ransomware cyberattack continues at Bluefield University
Updated May 3: Avos Locker subsequently added the university to its leak site with a message: “1.2 TB data from a college with cyber insurance policy that doesn’t care about protecting students. Management is a circus attempting to identify breach (good luck) and lying to students and media about the severity. We’ll continue attacking for…