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Ransomware gang demands $2 million from Tennessee school district after cyber attack
Ransomware gang Rhysida today claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on Rutherford County Schools in Tennessee. Rutherford County Schools on December 1 confirmed it was the target of a cyber attack that occurred on November 25, 2024. The district’s website says, “Rutherford County Schools recently became aware of a network disruption affecting its systems. We promptly launched an investigation into…
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Ransomware gang demands $1.4 million from Louisiana school district
Ransomware gang Rhysida is demanding $1.4 million from a southern Louisiana school district. Rhysida yesterday claimed responsibility for an October 7, 2024 cyber attack on Vermilion Parish School System that forced schools in the district to take their computer systems offline. The cybercriminal group says it stole confidential data from the school, and it gave Vermilion Parish seven days to…
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Ransomware gang claims cyberattack that shut down a Pennsylvania school district
Ransomware gang RansomHub today claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on Interboro Schools last month. The Pennsylvania school district confirmed it was the victim of a ransomware attack on October 28, 2024, and cancelled classes the following day due to network issues. In a post on its leak site, RansomHub says it stole 1.1 TB of data from the school…
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Ransomware gang claims responsibility for cyber attack on Ohio school district that cancelled classes
Ransomware gang BlackSuit today claimed responsibility for an October 2024 cyber attack on Marysville Schools in Ohio. The gang says it stole 121 GB of data from the school district. Marysville Schools has not verified BlackSuit’s claim, but on October 26, 2024, the district announced it was the victim of a ransomware attack. Classes were canceled due to the resulting…
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Why Getting Your Neighborhood Declared a Historic District Is a Bad Idea
If you’ve ever gone back to your childhood home after a long absence, you have a sense of how quickly Americans reinvent, well, everything. Buildings that are only a few decades old get torn down, empty space gets filled, whole neighborhoods are transformed, and familiar landmarks vanish. This kind of constant change is part of the American psyche in a…
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Ransomware gang claims it breached Tennessee school district, disrupted internet access
Ransomware gang Rhysida this week claimed responsibility for a cyber attack on Henry County Schools in Tennessee. The group posted samples of what it says are confidential documents stolen from the school district. Rhysida posted a proof pack of documents it claims to have stolen from Henry County Schools. Henry County Schools has not verified Rhysida’s claim. The district posted…
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Illinois school district notifies 1,500 people of data breach that compromised SSNs
Joliet Public Schools District 86 in Illinois sent data breach notices to 1,495 people following a May 2024 cyber attack that compromised names, Social Security numbers, and dates of birth. Ransomware group LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack on July 18, and gave JPSD86 until August 4 to pay an undisclosed ransom. LockBit posted a proof pack on its website…
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River Delta Unified School District data breach: ransomware gang claims responsibility
River Delta Unified School District this week sent data breach notices to victims of a cyber attack that took place in December 2023. Ransomware group Meow claimed responsibility for the attack in February 2024. River Delta has not confirmed Meow attacked it. Meow added River Delta to its leak site. River Delta has not publicly disclosed the number of people…
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Toronto District School Board hacked by LockBit, student info leaked
The Toronto District School Board yesterday notified an undisclosed number of students about a June 2024 data breach that compromised names, schools, grades, TDSB email addresses, TDSB student numbers, and dates of birth. Ransomware gang LockBit claimed responsibility for the attack and gave the district until September 12, 2024 to pay a ransom. TDSB has not verified LockBit’s claim. We…
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RansomHub claims responsibility for cyber attack on Charleston County School District, SC
This morning, ransomware gang RansomHub claimed responsibility for a recent cyber attack on Charleston County School District, South Carolina. The School District noted ‘suspicious activity’ and system disruption on July 26. Students were able to return to class as planned on August 13. The School District has yet to provide an official statement on the nature of this incident so…
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