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A ransomware gang says it hacked Coweta County, GA schools
Ransomware gang Nitrogen over the weekend took credit for a cyber attack earlier this month on a school district in Coweta County, Georgia. On May 4, Coweta County School System issued a press release saying a network intrusion forced schools to take IT systems offline. “Some school system network processes will be hampered in the coming days, and school system…
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Ransomware gang says it stole personal data in cyber attack on Pierce County, WA libraries
Ransomware gang Inc yesterday took credit for an April 2025 cyber attack that disrupted libraries in Pierce County, Washington. Inc listed the Pierce County Library System on its data leak site and claims to have stolen personal data in the attack. As proof, Inc posted images of files it claims to have stolen. The proof pack includes scans of driver’s…
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Union County, PA notifies victims of data breach that leaked SSNs and health info
Union County, Pennsylvania yesterday confirmed it notified an undisclosed number of people of a March 2025 data breach that compromised Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, and protected health information held by the County Children and Youth Services. A breach disclosure on the US Department of Health and Human Services website states Union County notified 501 people, but that figure…
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A ransomware gang hacked the Gloucester County, VA local government
Ransomware gang BlackSuit today claimed responsibility for an April 2025 data breach of the Gloucester County, Virginia local government. Gloucester County officials first announced their offices experienced a network disruption on April 22. A day later, it said connectivity issues limited staff access to emails and disrupted operations. BlackSuit lists Gloucester County on its data leak site. County officials have…
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Ransomware gang says it hacked the Sheriff of Hamilton County, TN
Ransomware gang Qilin this week claimed responsibility for an April 14, 2025 cyber attack on the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in Chattanooga, TN. The Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office in on May 2 acknowledged a ransomware attack, saying the hackers demanded $300,000 in ransom. The sheriff says HCSO did not pay the ransom, but did pay $48,000 to Vendetta, a third-party…
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Ransomware gang says it hacked the Cobb County, GA government
Ransomware gang Qilin yesterday claimed responsibility for a data breach at the local government of Cobb County, Georgia. Cobb County’s IT department on March 21, 2025 shut down the county’s servers for a week after detecting unauthorized users on its network. Several county services went down as a result, including courthouse filing, the jail database, and wi-fi access. A month…
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Charleston County, SC School District notifies 20,000+ people of data breach
The Charleston County, South Carolina School District yesterday confirmed it notified 20,653 people about a July 2024 data breach. The District on July 16, 2024 said unknown actors disrupted its systems and stole data. At the time, CCSD officials told Comparitech, “we are not aware of any malicious misuse of school data.” The district has not publicly disclosed what personal…
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Idaho county government hacked by ransomware, personal info breached
Gooding County, Idaho officials this week notified an undisclosed number of people about a ransomware attack on the county’s computer network. The county notified victims whose personal info was compromised in the resulting data breach. The notice says the county first detected the cyber attack on March 25, 2025. “On April 4, 2025, as part of its ongoing investigation, the…
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Ransomware gang claims recent cyber attack on Harrison County Board of Education
West Virginia’s Harrison County Board of Education has been added to the data leak site of ransomware gang SafePay. It alleges to have stolen 26 GB of data. This comes after the Board of Education said it suffered a “cybersecurity incident” on January 18, 2025, which led to school closures. Its statement, issued on January 23, says: “On Saturday, January…
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Orange County hospital notifies 600 patients of data breach that compromised SSNs
College Hospital Costa Mesa this week confirmed it notified 591 people about an August 2024 data breach that compromised patients’ names, Social Security numbers, dates of birth, diagnoses, and other info. Ransomware gang LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack on September 24, 2024, saying it stole 1090 GB of data from the hospital. LockBit gave the Orange County hospital until…
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