Jonathan Greig reports: The University of Michigan announced that it has severed its ties to the internet and cut off access to some systems after experiencing a cyberattack that began on Sunday. In a message to the school’s more than 51,000 students on Monday, the school’s chief information officer Ravi Pendse said that the university…
Category: Malware
Update: Tucson Unified School District sends out notifications about January cyberattack
There’s another update to the January cyberattack on TUSD by the Royal ransomware group. While the district was still claiming that sensitive data hadn’t been compromised, data from employees was already being leaked on the dark web as early as February. In the last week of August, TUSD sent out notifications to 28,948 people and…
Medically-tailored food provider, PurFoods, discloses data breach
Jurgita Lapienytė reports: PurFoods, which positions itself as a provider of “tailored home-delivered meals,” has reported a data breach affecting over 1.2 million people. PurFoods (doing business as Mom’s Meals) filed a data breach report with the Maine Attorney General’s Office, stating that attackers acquired sensitive info such as name or other personal identifier, together…
Rackspace’s costs to deal with ransomware attack top $10 million
Eric Killelea reports: Rackspace Technology Inc. spent $10.8 million on expenses related to a ransomware attack in December that blocked thousands of customers from accessing their emails and related data, according to regulatory filings. The San Antonio-based cloud computing company paid for costs to “investigate and remediate, legal and other professional services, and supplemental staff resources that…
Thousands have SSNs leaked after ransomware attack on Ohio state archive org
Jonathan Greig reports: One of the oldest historical societies in the state of Ohio was hit with a ransomware attack that leaked the sensitive information of thousands, according to a statement the organization released this week. The Ohio History Connection is a statewide history nonprofit chartered in 1885 that manages more than 50 sites and…
Rochester Public Schools announces cause behind spring cyberattack
Jordan Shearer reports: Rochester Public Schools has clarified what it believes opened the door to the large-scale cyberattack that crippled the district’s operations this spring. Superintendent Kent Pekel spoke about the issue on Wednesday, Aug. 23, while giving a presentation about the district’s upcoming technology referendum in November. “We weren’t negligent,” Pekel said. “But clearly one of…