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IL: Knox College president addresses ransomware incident as notorious group claims credit

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Dissent

Samuel  Lisec reports:  Hive Ransomware Group, a FBI-identified criminal organization, has appeared to claim credit for ongoing “disruptions” to Knox College’s computer systems. In an email sent to a number of Knox students on Wednesday, a group claiming to be Hive says it has encrypted “critical infrastructure and data,” compromised the college’s backup servers and mined sensitive…

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AR: Greene County Tech School District services back up following hack

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Dissent

Cory Evans reports: The Greene County Tech School District now has its technology-related services up and running following a cyberattack, our content partner Region 8 News reported. The School district was hit with a hack on Nov. 11, making it difficult to use any electronics. Read more at KATV. It seems that this was a ransomware attack…

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WI: Adams-Friendship Area School District hit by ransomware

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Dissent

A statement on Adams-Friendship Area School District’s web site dated December 1 reads: 12/1/22 Internet & Network Outage Update Dear AFASD Families, On November 15th, 2022 we notified you that our network and internet services experienced a disruption. We have recently learned that unauthorized activity was detected within our environment on or about November 15,…

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NJ: With servers still offline, Hudson County Schools of Technology goes old-school low tech

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Dissent

Ron Zeitlinger reports: The Hudson County Schools of Technology (HCST) took a trip back in time to the 1980s for a second straight day Tuesday. The internal computer servers at the district, which includes High Tech High School in Secaucus and County Prep and Explore Middle School in Jersey City, remained offline, leading to a…

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Little Rock School Board approves paying ransom

Posted on December 6, 2022 by Dissent

There’s an update to the ransomware incident involving Little Rock schools, and it’s not a happy one. The Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that at a school board meeting yesterday, the board authorized  paying $250,000 “plus other fees.” The incident was first detected on November 11. A number of issues concerning transparency and compliance with Arkansas…

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Little Rock School Board will meet to decide whether to negotiate settlement after data security breach

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Dissent

Cynthia Howell reports: The Little Rock School Board will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday to decide on whether to negotiate a settlement to a “network issue” that was characterized last week as a “data security incident” that likely resulted in unauthorized extraction of district data. The district announced the special meeting Sunday…

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