Emmanuel College in Boston appears to have become a victim of Avos Locker. The college was added to the threat actor’s leak site yesterday, with a note saying, “Oh no! 140GB student and staff confidential data exfiltrated. If you value protecting students, pay us instead of shutting down domains.” Although there is no notice on…
Category: Education Sector
Waterloo Region District School Board retirees say they felt left in the dark after data compromised in cyberattack
Krista Simpson reports: This is part two of a two-part series. For a timeline of cyberattack and the wide-ranging impacts it had on Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) operations, read part one here. In the wake of a cyberattack at the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) this past summer, some of the people impacted…
TUSD’s Cyber Shutdown: District will need help, and millions of dollars, to rebound from ransomware attack
Updated August 24, 2023: TUSD announced that 29,000 people may have been affected by this incident. Valerie Cavazos reports: The Tucson Unified School District was hobbled by a ransomware attack in late January. 13 News’ Valerie Cavazos has been reporting on the attack from the beginning to find out how it happened, why it happened…
Another UK school hit by ransomware attack
John Leonard reports: A school in Wiltshire was hit by a ransomware attack last weekend. Hardenhuish School, a mixed secondary academy in Chippenham, sent texts to parents and guardians of its 1,623 pupils notifying them of the attack. “As far as we can tell at this point, no personal data has been compromised, although our…
Aeries Settles Data Breach Lawsuit for $1.75M; Illuminate Suit is Dismissed – For Now
Kristal Kuykendall reports on the very different outcomes of two class action lawsuits stemming from breaches involving EdTech. Both of these lawsuits’ outcomes have been reported previously on DataBreaches, but this article says that both cases, despite the vastly different outcomes so far, should put EdTech vendors on notice. In a class-action lawsuit filed on…
Jackson school gives update on November cyberattack
Luke Snyder reports: The November ransomware attack forced Jackson and Hillsdale schools to shut down for days. At the time details were limited, but now officials say the ones behind the attacks were international, adding it was a Jackson technician that first discovered something wasn’t right. […] With the investigation now complete officials believe the…