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…
Category: Education Sector
Nashua School District hit by ‘sophisticated’ cyberattack; classes to go on as scheduled Monday
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…
Emmanuel College working to recover from attack that claims faculty and student data stolen
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…
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…