KCRG reports: A bus driver for the Cedar Rapids Community School District told our KCRG-TV9 i9 Investigative Team the district’s computers and servers are still not working after the district closed due to a “cyber security incident” more than two weeks ago. Read more at KCRG.
Category: Education Sector
Ca: Waterloo Region District School Board hit by cyberattack
Kate Bueckert reports: The Waterloo Region District School Board says it’s working to restore its IT system and safeguard personal information of staff, students and families after it was the target of a cyberattack. “We intend to do whatever is within our ability to resolve this issue,” said a statement from the board’s communications officer, Estefania…
The Canadian College MontMorency under the blows of a data leak
Damien Bancal reports (machine translation): At the end of May, the Canadian College MontMorency announced that it had suffered a cyber attack with a possible theft of personal data. ZATAZ confirms: pirates have copied everything, and they are starting to broadcast. Read more at Zataz. This was an Avos Locker attack.
A new group on the ransomware scene? BianLian claims to have hacked Mooresville Schools
Seen on Twitter: A new #ransomware group named #BianLian claims to have hacked #Mooresville Schools (@MrsvlPioneers), a public school district in Indiana, ??. The group claims to have stolen ~4,200 student records containing phone numbers, email addresses, and social security numbers… pic.twitter.com/QWECxn62L9 — BetterCyber (@_bettercyber_) July 11, 2022 BianLian seems to be using a strategy…
University of Windsor restores ‘vast majority’ of systems after security breach
Jason Viau reports: The University of Windsor confirms it has restored the “vast majority” of its systems following a cyber security breach that temporarily shut down its website last month. On June 22, the university issued a notice that its website and other services were temporarily unavailable. Read more at CBC.
Ransomware attacks on educational institutions shoot up sharply: Sophos’ report
K.V. Kurmanath reports: …In the absence of proper cyber security shields and defence mechanisms, the number of ransomware attacks in this sector has gone up significantly, said a report by Sophos, a British-based security software and hardware company. “The ‘State of Ransomware in Education 2022’ finds that about 60 per cent of the education institutions…