Erin Tiernan reports: At a time when a shift to remote learning has all but made snow days obsolete, Haverhill Public Schools students will be getting one in April after a ransomware attack forced administrators to cancel school on Thursday. The Haverhill Public School District said its IT department noticed early Wednesday morning that something…
Category: Malware
La Ville de Vallauris Golfe-Juan impacted by cyberattack
La Ville de Vallauris Golfe-Juan has become a victim of a cyberattack that impacted their mal servers. It was reported on the city’s official Facebook page . Translation: The city of Vallauris Golfe-Juan was the victim, last night, of a cyber attack on the town hall’s mail servers. As a precaution and security measure, all servers…
CA: Servers at El Monte City Hall being replaced; investigation of ‘unauthorized access’ continues
Tim Haddock reports: El Monte officials were working to replace City Hall computer servers Tuesday, April 6, in response to an “unauthorized access” to its system that caused the cancellation of Tuesday’s City Council meeting and has left the city without email access. Mayor Jessica Ancona said she expected the email system, which the city…
Cyber Criminals Hone Attacks Against Schools
Kathleen E. Dion of Robinson & Cole writes: The FBI recently issued a Flash alert warning higher education institutions, k-12 schools, and seminaries about increasing numbers of ransomware attacks affecting the education industry. According to the warning, “[s]ince March 2020, the FBI has become aware of PYSA ransomware attacks against U.S. and foreign government entities,…
Technological University of Dublin victim of ransomware attack
The following is the text of an email reportedly sent to TU students. It was submitted anonymously to DataBreaches.net: Dear Students, The Tallaght campus has been subjected to a significant ransomware attack on our entire on-site ICT systems. The disruption to services occurred early on Thursday morning and the cause later identified as a ransomware…
National College of Ireland hit by ransomware attack
The National College of Ireland disclosed a cyberattack on April 3. Here is their most recent update: 6th April Update: Please note that all classes, assessments and induction sessions planned from today Tuesday 6th until this Thursday 8th April inclusive have been postponed and will be rescheduled for a later date. The college will issue a…