The Centre François Baclesse is one of three proton therapy centers for fighting cancer in France. This week, they also had to fight the results of a cyberattack by heartless criminals. Thankfully, their recent investment in improving their cybersecurity seems to have paid off. On April 28, the center issued the following statement on their…
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OR: Centennial schools to close for 2 days after hackers breach school technology systems
Update of May 6: the district confirmed this as a ransomware attack. Their computers are still offline. Original post: Jayati Ramakrishnan reports: A Portland-area school district has canceled Tuesday and Wednesday classes as staffers work to fix a ransomware attack that may have affected the district’s technology systems. Centennial School District staff discovered Monday that certain…
NY: Guilderland Central Schools Hit with Malware Attack
Mike Goodwin reports: The Guilderland Central School District is the latest local organization victimized by a malware attack. District officials said the attack was discovered after technical interruptions occurred on Thursday, calling the incident a “cyber attack by a threat actor group which used malware to encrypt certain systems throughout the district.” Read more on…
FL: Hackers post 26,000 Broward school files online
Scott Travis reports: Hackers who demanded up to $40 million from the Broward School District have now published nearly 26,000 files stolen from district servers. An initial review by the South Florida Sun Sentinel found a few isolated incidents where confidential student or employee information was released, but none that contained Social Security numbers. The…
UK: University of Hertfordshire still hobbled by ransomware attack
Slightly more than one year after it managed to avoid an investigation by the ICO over its data protection practices, the University of Hertfordshire joined the ranks of the many educational institutions crippled by a ransomware attack. The attack reportedly occurred on April 14, and was reported on April 15. As of today, the university…
UK: Latest on ransomware attack on 24 schools near Bristol
Harris Federation is not the only school academy trust hit by ransomware recently. Also hit in March was the Castle School Education Trust (CSET). As reported by Bristol Live, that attack affected not only CSET’s seven schools but 17 others maintained by the local authority who relied on the academy group’s IT infrastructure. While no ransom…