Hacker posted student's information & grades on internet, after school refused to pay ransom
By MYBRANDBOOK
A Hacker was holding hostage files containing student’s information and grades and the files were compromised using ransomware, as announced by Las Vegas' largest public school district, last month.
A hacker published those files containing students' grades and personal information after school district officials refused to pay the ransom.
Brett Callow, a threat analyst with cybersecurity firm Emsisoft, told that he discovered leaked documents published to an online hacking forum that purported to include records from Nevada's Clark County School District, including students' names, social security numbers, addresses, and some financial information.
As per news report, a Clark County School District spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The district previously disclosed that it suffered a ransomware attack during its first week of online classes and said law enforcement was investigating.
Ransomware attacks have increased in recent years, and schools have been increasingly targeted this fall as more classes and sensitive files have moved online. At least 60 school districts and universities in the US have been targeted by ransomware attacks this year, according to an Emsisoft tally.
The attacks put targets between a rock and a hard place, forcing them to choose whether to pay hefty ransoms to criminals or to risk people's personal information being leaked online. Cybersecurity experts and law enforcement agencies - including the FBI - say targets should avoid paying ransom at all costs in order to put hackers out of business.
"Ransomware attacks happen for one reason and one reason only: they're profitable," Callow told Business Insider. "The only way to stop them is to make them unprofitable, and that means organizations must stop paying ransoms."
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