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Ransomware cyberattack continues at Bluefield University

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Dissent

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…

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PENNCREST School District dealing with ransomware attack

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Dissent

A May 1 announcement by PENNCREST School District in Pennsylvania begins: Over the weekend, the PENNCREST School District became aware of a situation, believed to be a ransomware event, which has disrupted certain aspects of our operations. We quickly took steps to implement our Cybersecurity Incident Response Plan. Following our plan, we shut down and…

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Montana State University update on “cyberattack” doesn’t disclose it’s ransomware

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Dissent

Montana State University was hit with a cyberattack on April 20. They are still working to recover from it. Here is their latest update: Campus network update: NetID password changes, service status page Sent at 8:18 a.m. Friday, April 28, via email to students, faculty and staff. As work continues to return Montana State University’s…

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Ransomware Gang Claims Edison Learning Data Theft

Posted on May 2, 2023 by Dissent

Krystal Kuykendall reports: The Royal Ransomware is claiming to have infiltrated public school management and virtual learning provider Edison Learning, posting on its dark web data leak site on Wednesday, April 26, that it had stolen 20GB of the company’s data “including personal information of employees and students” and threatening to post the data “early next…

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Nashua School District hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack; classes to go on as scheduled Monday

Posted on May 1, 2023 by Dissent

Jessica Kisluk reports: The Nashua School District said classes will go on as scheduled Monday after it was hit by a “sophisticated” cyberattack Sunday. The district said it is working with a third-party investigator to determine the nature and scope of the attack. “We are working diligently to investigate the incident, confirm its impact on…

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Emmanuel College working to recover from attack that claims faculty and student data stolen

Posted on April 29, 2023 by Dissent

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…

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