Ransomware attacks against schools are surging, researchers find

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    FinalSite ransomware attack shuts down thousands of school websites
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    FinalSite: No school data stolen in ransomware attack behind site outages
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  3. hawki

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    "56% of K-12 schools worldwide report ransomware attacks in past year...

    Ransomware attacks targeting the education sector have risen sharply worldwide.

    Globally, 56% of K-12 schools and 64% of colleges and universities report being hit by an attack in the past year, according to an independent survey of 5,600 IT professionals in 31 countries by British security software and hardware company Sophos..."

    https://www.k12dive.com/news/56-per...re-attacks-in-past-year-cybersecurity/627321/
     
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    Leaked image shows ransomware attack hit Linn-Mar School District
    August 3, 2022
     
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    German school hit by ransomware
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    Recent Cedar Rapids Schools letter to parents confirms ransom payment after cyberattack
    August 12, 2022
     
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    Mansfield ISD hit with ransomware attack, district says
    August 22, 2022
     
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    Second largest U.S. school district LAUSD hit by ransomware
    By Sergiu Gatlan @serghei - September 6, 2022
     
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    https://www.npr.org/2022/09/07/1121...school-district-raising-alarm-across-the-coun

    September 7, 20221:52 AM ET
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    "LA School District Accounts Appear on Dark Web Before Attack

    Hacked Accounts May Have Made District an Easy Ransomware Target...

    Information Security Media Group has learned that in the months leading up to the attack, login credentials for accounts within the school district's network were offered on the dark web...

    At least 23 sets of login credentials belonging to people working for and with the district were exposed...

    At least one set of credentials unlocked an account for the district's virtual private network service...Ransomware actors often seek access to VPNs as a step to navigating to other key network resources and eventually install ransomware..."

    https://www.govinfosecurity.com/la-school-district-accounts-appear-on-dark-web-before-attack-a-20008
     
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    Report identified key vulnerabilities two years before cyberattack on LA Unified
    By Howard Blume - September 8, 2022
     
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    "Criminal syndicate [Vice Society] claims credit for LAUSD hack...

    A cybercriminal syndicate has taken credit for the ransomware attack on Los Angeles schools and says it has captured sensitive data, according to published reports on technology news sites and in tweets from an Associated Press senior technology reporter.

    The claim of responsibility has surfaced at least three times since Thursday, and was made to two veteran technology writers by a group that goes by the name Vice Society. That group was the subject of a warning that federal officials issued this week in the wake of a massive cyberattack against the nation’s second-largest school system..."

    https://www.latimes.com/california/...ausd-hack-says-it-holds-sensitive-information
     
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    Hackers Release L.A. School District Data Over Failure To Pay Ransom

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    The ransomware gang Vice Society began posting Sunday thousands of files it apparently stole last month from the LA Unified School District's computer systems...

    ...the files made public on the group's known website included some confidential psychological assessments of students, contract and legal documents, business records, and numerous database entries.

    A portion of the data appeared to contain personal identifying information, including some social security numbers..."

    https://www.nbclosangeles.com/investigations/stolen-lausd-data-posted-by-ransomware-group/2997511/
     
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    Cybercriminals behind Los Angeles Unified School District ransomware attack
    release hacked data ...


    By Taylor Romine, Ray Sanchez and Raja Razek, CNN

    Updated 4:46 PM EDT, Sun October 2, 2022

    https://www.cnn.com/2022/10/01/us/los-angeles-unified-school-district-ransomware-attack/index.html

    "The attack was the 50th this year on the US education sector, according
    to a tally by cybersecurity firm Emsisoft."

    "Another ransomware attack on a software provider in January affected the
    websites of about 5,000 schools, mostly in the US, that used the software."
     
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    Data of Hereford school's pupils posted on darkweb
    By Anna Zhadan - November 11, 2022
     
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    Cyber threats in K-12 are 'here to stay'
    by Benjamin Freed | Cyberscoop - November 2, 2022
     
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    Ransomware attack responsible for shutdown affecting Jackson, Hillsdale schools
    By Martin Slagter @slagterm - November 14, 2022
     
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    K-12 schools lack resources, remaining top target for cyberattacks
    By Menghan Xiao - November 14, 2022
    MS-ISAC: Report: K-12 Orgs Concerned about Security Budget, Threats
     
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    Michigan school districts reopen after two-day closure due to ransomware attack
    By Jonathan Greig @jgreigj - November 17, 2022
     
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    Vice Society ransomware claims attack on Cincinnati State college
    By Bill Toulas @billtoulas - November 25,2022
     
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    Ontario school board trying to recover from cyber incident

    Howard Solomon November 29, 2022

    https://www.itbusiness.ca/news/ontario-school-board-trying-to-recover-from-cyber-incident/123468?utm_source=ITB&utm_medium=enews&utm_campaign=ITB&scid=b2344d5a-4609-b432-f662-4e60014e6876

    "An Ontario public school board continues trying to recover from what
    it calls a cyber incident."

    "The Durham District School Board, which serves 75,000 students and
    approximately 14,000 staff across the Region of Durham east of Toronto,
    said in a website statement Monday afternoon that it is still working
    with external consultants to help determine the scope and extent of the
    attack."

    ...

    "Telephone and email service are still offline."

    ...

    "The board was asked in an email by ITWorldCanada to explain the cause
    of the incident, but it referred to the online statement, which doesn't
    explain what is behind the attack or whether digital data was stolen."
     
  22. guest

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    Schools hit by cyber attack and documents leaked
    January 6, 2023
     
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    LAUSD says Vice Society ransomware gang stole contractors’ SSNs
    By Sergiu Gatlan @serghei - January 20, 2023
     
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    Wawasee Community School Corporation Faces Ransomware Attack
    January 23, 2023
     
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    Baltimore schools cyber attack cost nearly $10M: State IG
    January 26, 2023
     
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