Latest School District news

Los Angeles Unified confirms student data stolen in Snowflake account hack

The Los Angeles Unified School District has confirmed a data breach after threat actors stole student and employee data by breaching the company's Snowflake account.
- Lawrence Abrams
- June 21, 2024
- 05:09 PM
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Iowa’s largest school district confirms ransomware attack, data theft

Des Moines Public Schools, Iowa's largest school district, confirmed today that a ransomware attack was behind an incident that forced it to take all networked systems offline on January 9, 2023.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- June 19, 2023
- 04:16 PM
- 0
Ransomware gang posts video of data stolen from Minneapolis schools

The Medusa ransomware gang is demanding a $1,000,000 ransom from the Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) district to delete data allegedly stolen in a ransomware attack.
- Bill Toulas
- March 08, 2023
- 12:37 PM
- 0
LAUSD says Vice Society ransomware gang stole contractors’ SSNs

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), the second-largest school district in the United States, says the Vice Society ransomware gang has stolen files containing contractors' personal information, including Social Security Numbers (SSNs).
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 20, 2023
- 12:02 PM
- 0
Iowa’s largest school district cancels classes after cyberattack

Des Moines Public Schools, the largest school district in Iowa, canceled all classes on Tuesday after taking all networked systems offline in response to "unusual activity" detected on its network one day before.
- Sergiu Gatlan
- January 10, 2023
- 01:10 PM
- 1
Ransomware impacts over 200 govt, edu, healthcare orgs in 2022

Ransomware attacks in 2022 impacted more than 200 hundred larger organizations in the U.S. public sector in the government, educational, and healthcare verticals.
- Ionut Ilascu
- January 02, 2023
- 01:14 PM
- 0
Ransomware gang leaks data stolen from LAUSD school system

The Vice Society Ransomware gang published data and documents Sunday morning that were stolen from the Los Angeles Unified School District during a cyberattack earlier this month.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 02, 2022
- 05:51 PM
- 0
School District reports a 334% hike in cybersecurity insurance costs

Bloomington School District 87 in Illinois has published its cyber-insurance renewal details, and the cost has jumped from $6,661 in 2021 to $22,229 this year.
- Bill Toulas
- January 22, 2022
- 11:16 AM
- 0
FinalSite ransomware attack shuts down thousands of school websites

FinalSite, a leading school website services provider, has suffered a ransomware attack disrupting access to websites for thousands of schools worldwide.
- Lawrence Abrams
- January 06, 2022
- 07:34 PM
- 0
Massachusetts school district shut down by ransomware attack

The Springfield Public Schools district in Massachusetts has become the victim of a ransomware attack that has caused the closure of schools while they investigate the cyberattack.
- Lawrence Abrams
- October 08, 2020
- 03:31 PM
- 1
Ransomware delays first day of school for Hartford, Connecticut

The Hartford School District in Connecticut has postponed their first day of school as they struggle with getting systems restored and running after a Labor Day holiday weekend ransomware attack.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 08, 2020
- 12:08 PM
- 0
SunCrypt Ransomware shuts down North Carolina school district

A school district in North Carolina has suffered a data breach after having unencrypted files stolen during an attack by the SunCrypt Ransomware operators, BleepingComputer has discovered.
- Lawrence Abrams
- September 04, 2020
- 03:03 PM
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