In August, DataBreaches.net highlighted ransomware threat actors known as Pysa who have been attacking both the medical sector and the education sector — two sectors near and dear to this site’s publisher. Today, we report on two more school districts attacked by Pysa. Consolidated High School District 230 The Consolidated High School District 230 in…
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New Version Of Apostle Ransomware Reemerges In Targeted Attack On Higher Education
Amitai Ben Shushan Ehrlick reports: SentinelLabs has been tracking the activity of Agrius, a suspected Iranian threat actor operating in the Middle East, throughout 2020 and 2021 following a set of destructive attacks starting December 2020. Since we last reported on this threat actor in May 2020, Agrius lowered its profile and was not observed conducting destructive…
Education Department Updates Rules and Criminal Penalties for Accessing Agency Data
Aaron Boyd reports: The Education Department is rolling out new rules for accessing and handling agency data by third parties—including students, parents and loan companies—with updated criminal penalties for anyone not following the new statutes. The new rules intend to bring the department into compliance with the 2019 Stop Student Debt Relief Scams Act and…
Educational institution ROC Mondriaan in The Hague victim of major cyber attack
CrimeInfo.nl reports: The ROC Mondriaan educational institution in The Hague was hacked last weekend. All computers are down, which means that employees and students cannot access their files. The school is doing everything it can to get the system up and running again by next Monday. The MBO school has started a forensic investigation into the…
Suspect File updates the Blackbaud incident tally for the education sector
Courtesy of Suspect File, this update to the list of educational entities impacted by the 2020 Blackbaud ransomware incident: UPDATE (5) of 31.07.2021 (June / July 2021) Total number of people involved 7,984,697 (+5,907) In the update of 07/31/2021, 3 new Institutions affected by the Blackbaud Data Breach are added. As of 30.05 2021, the…
Education Industry at Higher Risk for IT Security Issues Due to Lack of Remote and Hybrid Work Policies
POWAY, Calif., July 22, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Apricorn, the leading manufacturer of software-free, 256-bit AES XTS hardware-encrypted USB drives, today announced findings for the education sector from the Apricorn 2021 Global IT Security Survey. According to the survey, the education industry has a greater risk for cybersecurity breaches and data loss than other industries due to limited IT security…