Centinela Valley Union High School District

Centinela Valley Union High School District

The computer systems of the Centinela Valley Union High School District were infiltrated with malware, which encrypted the data systems.

An unauthorized person gained access to computer systems that house data on present and past employees, as well as students, including names, Social Security numbers, financial accounts, health insurance details, and/or medical details, according to the inquiry.

Although there is no proof that your private information has been lost or misused.

They investigated the incident and identified and contained the malware, began to restore access to data.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/ca-centinela-valley-union-high-school-district-notifying-employees-and-students-of-malware-incident/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/centinela-valley-union-high-school-district

"id": "cen201571222",
"linkid": "centinela-valley-union-high-school-district",
"type": "Malware",
"date": "10/2021",
"severity": "50",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Centinela Valley Union High School District',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Malware',
 'data_breach': {'data_encryption': 'Yes',
                 'personally_identifiable_information': 'Yes',
                 'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': ['names',
                                              'Social Security numbers',
                                              'financial accounts',
                                              'health insurance details',
                                              'medical details']},
 'description': 'The computer systems of the Centinela Valley Union High '
                'School District were infiltrated with malware, which '
                'encrypted the data systems. An unauthorized person gained '
                'access to computer systems that house data on present and '
                'past employees, as well as students, including names, Social '
                'Security numbers, financial accounts, health insurance '
                'details, and/or medical details. Although there is no proof '
                'that your private information has been lost or misused. They '
                'investigated the incident and identified and contained the '
                'malware, began to restore access to data.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['names',
                                 'Social Security numbers',
                                 'financial accounts',
                                 'health insurance details',
                                 'medical details'],
            'systems_affected': ['computer systems that house data on present '
                                 'and past employees, as well as students']},
 'ransomware': {'data_encryption': 'Yes'},
 'response': {'containment_measures': 'identified and contained the malware',
              'remediation_measures': 'began to restore access to data'},
 'threat_actor': 'Unauthorized person',
 'title': 'Centinela Valley Union High School District Data Encryption '
          'Incident',
 'type': 'Data Encryption'}
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