Wallenpaupack Area School District
September 15, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
A ransomware attack on the Wallenpaupack Area School District, leads to a shut down of all 3,000 or so computers district-wide.
Wolcott School District
September 4, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
For the second time in four months, the Wolcott school district is the victim of a ransomware attack.
Rockville Center, N.Y. School District
August 26, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Rockville Center, N.Y. School District pays an $88,000 ransom to regain access to files encrypted by Ryuk ransomware. The attack took place on July 25.
City of Saskatoon
August 20, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
A scammer is able to successfully fool the City of Saskatoon into transferring them a little over $1 million. Part of the money is recovered though.
San Dieguito Union High School District
August 15, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
The San Dieguito Union High School District sends out an email alerting them of a malware attack on August 9.
TAFE NSW
August 8, 2019
•[ social, phishing, education ]
TAFE NSW has two dozen employees hit by a phishing attack.
University of Ghana accommodation registration portal
August 30, 2019
•[ hack, phishing, education ]
The University of Ghana accommodation registration portal is hacked, redirecting students to a wrong site to register.
Camp Verde Unified School District
August 5, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Camp Verde Unified School District reveals to have been hit by a ransomware attack.
Gadsden Independent School District
July 31, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Gadsden Independent School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Tangipahoa Parish School District
July 30, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Tangipahoa Parish School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Sabine Parish School District
July 24, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Sabine Parish School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Metropolitan Police's Twitter account
July 19, 2019
•[ hack, misconfiguration, education ]
The Metropolitan Police's Twitter account is hit by hackers who post a series of bizarre messages. The breach is due to the compromise of the MyNewsDesk platform.
62 universities
July 17, 2019
•[ hack, malware, education ]
Hackers target the systems of 62 colleges and universities by exploiting a vulnerability in third-party software used by the universities.
Broken Arrow Public Schools
August 1, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Broken Arrow Public Schools are hit by a ransomware attack.
Watertown City School District
July 27, 2019
•[ hack, education ]
The Watertown City School District is the latest to be hit with a cyberattack.
Morehouse Parish School District
July 24, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
Morehouse Parish School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
University of Hawaii
July 23, 2019
•[ education, hack, misconfiguration ]
Personal information for as many as 70,000 public school students may have been compromised after Graduation Alliance, a University of Hawaii vendor, detected "suspicious" unauthorized access to one of its servers.
Butler County Federated Library System
July 21, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Butler County Federated Library System is hit by a ransomware attack.
Lyon County School District
July 15, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Lyon County School District is hit by a ransomware attack.
Northwest Indian College
July 11, 2019
•[ ransomware, malware, education ]
The Northwest Indian College is hit by a Ryuk ransomware attack.
