Ellen Gerst reports: A ransomware attack discovered at Chattanooga State Community College in May compromised the personal information of 1,244 people, according to the college. The majority of the people affected had taken the GED test at the college’s testing center in 2012 and 2013, the college said in a news release Tuesday. Read more…
Category: Malware
Lumberton ISD cyberattacked, personal information stolen (Updated)
Dannie Oliveaux reports: Global hackers that took aim at a foreign government have also claimed responsibility for a data breach at Lumberton ISD, according to an email sent to an East Texas newspaper. Wanting to warn the local school district’s stakeholders about the compromised intel, staff from the out-of-town daily reached out to The Examiner…
Sweetwater Union High School District now admits February outage was a hack, but still hasn’t answered questions
There’s an update to a report in February about an outage that wasn’t described at the time as a hack or ransomware attack. Laura Acevedo reports: The Sweetwater Union High School District has confirmed a hack was the cause of a days-long system outage at their facilities, saying the personal information of employees, students, and families…
Stephen F. Austin State University students grow anxious about falling behind as school reels from cyberattack last week
Kate McGee reports: More than a week after Stephen F. Austin State University was hit with a cyberattack, leaders at the public university in the East Texas Pineywoods are still working to fully restore email and other online services for the 11,600-student campus. University spokesperson Graham Garner confirmed Tuesday that the Federal Bureau of Investigation…
Vincera Institute notifies patients after ransomware attack
Vincera Institute in Philadelphi is notifying patients of a ransomware incident that occurred on April 29. From their press release, below, it sounds like they have not confirmed nor ruled out unauthorized access, exfiltration, or misuse of data. Vincera reported the incident to HHS on June 20 as four entities: Vincera Core Physicians reported that…
Ransomware Gang Haunted US Firms Long Before MOVEit Hack
Jamie Tarabay reports: Shell Plc, IAG SA’s British Airways, the British Broadcasting Corp., the state of Minnesota’s Department of Education, multiple federal agencies — they’re among the victims of the latest data breach launched by Clop, a Russian-speaking hacking group that’s attacking targets around the world in both the public and private sectors. The Clop gang, also known as…