Lawrence Public Schools

The Lawrence Public Schools are attempting to recoup $2.7 million that was just "frozen" after a staff member opened a phishing email from con artists acting as a supplier to the school system.

According to Brian A. DePea's spokeswoman, Nestor Castillo, the office of the mayor met urgently with information technology experts to discuss the security issue.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/lawrence-schools-trying-to-recover-2-7-million-frozen-by-online-phishing-scheme-officials-say/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/lawrence-public-schools

"id": "law124923",
"linkid": "lawrence-public-schools",
"type": "Phishing",
"date": "09/2023",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Lawrence',
                        'name': 'Lawrence Public Schools',
                        'type': 'Educational institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Email',
 'description': 'The Lawrence Public Schools are attempting to recoup $2.7 '
                'million that was just "frozen" after a staff member opened a '
                'phishing email from con artists acting as a supplier to the '
                'school system.',
 'impact': {'financial_loss': '$2.7 million'},
 'initial_access_broker': {'entry_point': 'Phishing email'},
 'motivation': 'Financial gain',
 'post_incident_analysis': {'root_causes': 'Human error'},
 'threat_actor': 'Con artists',
 'title': 'Lawrence Public Schools Phishing Incident',
 'type': 'Phishing',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Human error'}