NOS reports: Staring College, with offices in Lochem and Borculo, has paid ransom to cyber criminals who locked files. School board member Carlien Krist-Spit tells Omroep Gelderland that payment has been made to prevent education from being given for a longer period of time. The school noted the attack on Tuesday. A lot of data suddenly turned out to…
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Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam hit in cyberattack
Emerce reports (translation): Unknown third parties have gained access to the ICT environments of the Hogeschool van Amsterdam and the University of Amsterdam, the Security and Operations Center has found. Measures are taken to limit the consequences and to ensure that education and research can proceed as undisturbed as possible. The schools have disabled several systems as…
The Blackbaud ransomware breach — impact on school clients
In July, 2020, cloud software firm Blackbaud announced that it had been the victim of a ransomware attack that began in February of 2020 and continued until Blackbaud was able to kick the attackers out of their system in May. In order to try to protect their clients from having personal and sensitive information on…
The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force Releases Ransomware Fact Sheet
The National Cyber Investigative Joint Task Force (NCIJTF) has released a new joint-seal ransomware fact sheet. This educational product is intended to provide the public important information on the current ransomware threat and the government’s response, as well as common infection vectors, tools for attack prevention, and important contacts in the event of a ransomware…
NC: Haywood County Schools Sends Data Breach Notices for August Ransomware Attack
Becky Johnson reports: Hundreds of current and former Haywood County Schools employees got letters this month informing them their private information could have been compromised in a cyberattack against the school system. A cybercriminal ring hacked the school’s servers in August and attempted to blackmail the school system into paying a ransom in exchange for…
Update: Security breach that led to abusive posts on Canvas solved, Clark County School District says
Julie Wootton-Greener reports: The Clark County School District has found out how a person gained access to an online learning platform and used it to post “inappropriate messages.” The district said in a statement late Wednesday that the staff had “identified and corrected” the problem that enabled the intruder to access the district’s Canvas system…