On April 1, DataBreaches.net reported that the University of Maryland, Baltimore was one of the educational entities impacted by the CLOP hack and exfiltration of Accellion client data, but that neither UMD nor Accellion even knew that until the last week in March. This week, the university issued an updated press release that reveals that…
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In: Data security breach affects private schools; are lazy government employees to blame?
The Hindu reports: Private schools have complained of a data security breach by officials with the Department of Primary and Secondary Education, while student information was fed into the Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+) database. “Cluster Resource Persons (CRPs) are tasked with updating data from all the schools in their respective clusters. However,…
WI: Ransomware attack responsible for internet issues at Tigerton schools
Landen Moore reports: A sophisticated ransomware attack limited the Tigerton School District’s ability to access certain systems. Superintendent Kelley Strike provided the update in an email to FOX 11 on Tuesday. The update comes one day after students returned to the classroom following a five-day weekend over a computer network disruption. Read more on Fox11.
NY: Student names, vendor bank account info exposed in Buffalo Public Schools cyber attack
Mary B. Pasciak reports: When ransomware hit the Buffalo Public Schools in March, the district told students and families that investigators had not determined that any personal information had been exposed. Two months later, investigators have found that such information was exposed. Personal information about an unknown number of students, parents and employees has been…
Russian-language hacking forum bans ransomware-related ads
XSS forum, one of the two most popular Russian-language forums with sites on clearnet and Tor, has announced that it is now banning ransomware-related ads. No more ransom! Friends, on our forum lockers (Ransomware) and everything connected with them are prohibited . Namely: Ransomware affiliate programs; Ransomware rental; sale of lockers (ransomware software); All topics matching this rule will be…
Tulsa, Oklahoma and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute disclose ransomware incidents
No sector has been spared from ransomware incidents. In this report, we have one from the education sector and one from the government sector. Neither report specifies what type of ransomware or who the threat actors are. And neither one reports how much ransom has been demanded or whether the victim is refusing to pay….