The Consolidated High School District 230 in Illinois includes Carl Sandburg High School, Amos Alonzo Stagg High School, Victor J. Andrew High School, Haverhill Public Schools, and Pysa suffered from the data breach incident.
The compromised information includes students’ ID numbers, first and last names, email addresses, and plaintext passwords.
Numerous files included personal and educational data on special education students, including required progress reports on achieving their Individualized Education Program objectives, which were contained in one folder (IEP).
In response to attacks on the education industry, the FBI released a Flash Alert.
They urged school districts to thoroughly study it and follow the alert's recommended precautionary steps.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/two-more-ransomware-attacks-on-the-education-sector-revealed/
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/affton-school-district
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"date": "6/2017",
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