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…
Category: Malware
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…
NYSARC Columbia County Chapter confirms July, 2022 ransomware incident
Nine months after detecting abnormal activity on their systems, and seven months after first publicly acknowledging a breach, NYSARC Columbia County has issued another press notice. Their newest notice is somewhat confusing in that it states that they “will issue notices to affected individuals and relevant state and federal agencies about the incident.” But then…
Ransomware attack reported in Spartanburg County, South Carolina
Spartanburg County in South Carolina is responding to a ransomware attack. The county told WYFF 4 News: “We recently detected and responded to a ransomware attack on our computer network. As soon as we learned this, we began working to investigate, to restore operations, and determine the effects of the incident. We are also working…
Cyberattack disrupts Lowell city government, shuts down computers
Louisa Moller reports: The city of Lowell is alerting residents to a cyberattack that impacted the municipality’s computer systems starting early on Monday. “We realized Monday morning around 3 to 5 a.m. that there was a breach,” said City Manager Tom Golden. Golden says that phones, emails and other city systems are down as a…
Jackson school gives update on November cyberattack
Luke Snyder reports: The November ransomware attack forced Jackson and Hillsdale schools to shut down for days. At the time details were limited, but now officials say the ones behind the attacks were international, adding it was a Jackson technician that first discovered something wasn’t right. […] With the investigation now complete officials believe the…