DeKalb County School District

DeKalb County School District in Georgia suffered a hacking incident after the computer account of a 10-year-old student got hacked.

The hacker logged into the account and did some extremely offensive comments from the id as well as tried to disrupt the Google classroom several times.

The school always used the same password for the whole class, so it got easy for them to hack the account.

The school immediately took action and changed passwords for the students.

Source: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/metro-school-district-working-cybersecurity-after-reports-hacking/KYBWDWL54VEZDLZP72IZQ2D2DY/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/dekalbschools

"id": "dek204627622",
"linkid": "dekalbschools",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "02/2021",
"severity": "65",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Georgia, USA',
                        'name': 'DeKalb County School District',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Compromised Account',
 'description': 'DeKalb County School District in Georgia suffered a hacking '
                'incident after the computer account of a 10-year-old student '
                'got hacked. The hacker logged into the account and did some '
                'extremely offensive comments from the id as well as tried to '
                'disrupt the Google classroom several times. The school always '
                'used the same password for the whole class, so it got easy '
                'for them to hack the account. The school immediately took '
                'action and changed passwords for the students.',
 'impact': {'systems_affected': 'Google Classroom'},
 'lessons_learned': 'Improve password policies to avoid using the same '
                    'password for multiple accounts.',
 'motivation': 'Disruption',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'corrective_actions': 'Changed passwords for the '
                                                  'students.',
                            'root_causes': 'Weak password policy'},
 'recommendations': 'Implement unique passwords for each student account and '
                    'consider multi-factor authentication.',
 'response': {'containment_measures': 'Changed Passwords'},
 'title': 'DeKalb County School District Hacking Incident',
 'type': 'Hacking Incident',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Weak Password Policy'}