Education
Illinois College Attacked - Right After Security Audit
Servers have been down for a week after a cyber attack on Illinois Valley Community College. This happened right after the school's security audit. “We're all susceptible, even a college like IVCC, that we had just been through a security audit.” -IVCC President, Jerry CorcoranWhile security audits are critical in
Ransomware Takes Down Fort Worth Schools
The good news is that students are on Spring Break. The bad news is that Fort Worth's School District has completely shut its network after a ransomware attack last week. The district hopes everything will be back to normal by next Monday, when students and teachers return from spring break
New Mexico School District Attacked (again...)
For the second time in a year, New Mexico's Gadsden Independent School District (GISD) is suffering from a cyber attack. "GISD shut down its internet and communication systems, affecting all schools and support service locations."It appears the District's network was disabled by Ryuk, a particularly vicious ransomware family. Unfortunately,
Hackers Demand Millions from Montana Schools
Early on a Tuesday morning, Havre Public Schools were “crippled” by Ryuk ransomware, disabling the school district’s computer system. The Montana school district is one in a long list of victims of this particularly vicious ransomware family. The Ryuk ransomware infiltrated the district system through one email and spread
Attack on Texas School District Shuts Network
The Nacogdoches School District in Texas suffered a cyber attack this week, losing complete network access. Out of an abundance of caution, the district shut down its network to protect computers unaffected by the virus.Ironically, this comes just as Texas government and municipal offices are rolling out their mandated
Community College Loses Student Data to Hackers
Hackers gained access to data on thousands of St. Louis Community College students. The data breach was discovered on Jan. 13 after the college says an employee clicked on an attachment from a bogus email.Phishing emails are behind 9 out of 10 cyber attacks. The sensitive information accessed included
Ohio Community College Ransomed
Cyber criminals are ravaging our schools. Unfortunately, Ohio's Lakeland Community College is the latest victim of what appears to be the "Maze" ransomware group. "Protecting the security and privacy of personal information is of the utmost importance to us." - Lakeland Community CollegeThe Maze group has recently become popular in
Ransomware Attack Takes Schools "Back in the Day"
Pittsburg Unified School District students and educators returning from the holidays found they were without internet access or email after a Ransomware attack on the District's network. “We will be teaching and learning like ‘back in the day,’ without laptops and internet.” -Superintendent Janet SchulzeThe good news is that the
