Yesterday, Drew Wilder reported an update to the Fairfax County Public School ransomware incident previously noted on this site: Hackers are sharing more private information after hacking a Virginia public school system’s computer system. Several hundred Fairfax County Public Schools employees’ names and Social Security numbers are now floating around the dark web. That was…
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Community Health Systems settles charges by 28 states over 2014 data breach
It’s been an expensive few weeks for Community Health Systems and CHSPSC. First, a few weeks ago, HHS announced that CHSPSC LLC, (“CHSPSC”) has agreed to pay $2,300,000 to the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and to adopt a corrective action plan to settle potential…
Massachusetts school district shut down by ransomware attack
Lawrence Abrams reports: The Springfield Public Schools district in Massachusetts has become the victim of a ransomware attack that has caused the closure of schools while they investigate the cyberattack. Springfield is the third largest school district in Massachusetts with over 25,000 students, 4,500 employees, and more than sixty schools. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic,…
Hall County, Georgia reports ransomware attack
Hall County first posted a notice about a ransomware attack on October 7. Since then, they have posted updates on their site, including the restoration of their phone services. Nothing has been revealed about who the attackers might be or what any ransom demand might have been. Thanks to @Chum1ng0 for submitting this link.
Updated: Heartland Community College working with consultants on cybersecurity breach
Lenore Sobota reports: Heartland Community College is working with outside consultants to address a security breach in its computer system. The college’s online operations, including classes, remained shut down on Tuesday morning as a safety measure after the college detected an outside source had compromised some of its systems on Monday, college officials said. Read more on…
FBI investigating after cyberattack targets Wayne County School District
By this point, I’m expecting to read that an attack on a school district is a ransomware attack or a DDoS attack. This is neither. Eddie Robertson reports: A cyberattack against Wayne County School District’s 16th Section Principal Fund Account has resulted in an investigation by the FBI after they were contacted by school officials…