Morgan County Schools became a victim of massive ransomware attack that struck businesses and agencies nationally and around the globe.
This only affected a few of their workplace computers.
A few specific machines were infected, and the attack locked some files.
The hacker organisation demands payment from the school administration in order to disclose the files.
A Russian-based hacker group initially demanded $70 million to stop the cyberattack.
Source: https://www.databreaches.net/wv-morgan-county-schools-computers-hit-by-kaseya-attack/
TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/morgan-county-schools
"id": "mor154610223",
"linkid": "morgan-county-schools",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "07/2021",
"severity": "75",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
'name': 'Morgan County Schools',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'attack_vector': 'Ransomware',
'description': 'Morgan County Schools became a victim of a massive ransomware '
'attack that affected a few workplace computers, locking some '
'files. The hacker organization demanded payment to unlock the '
'files.',
'impact': {'systems_affected': 'A few specific machines'},
'motivation': 'Financial gain',
'ransomware': {'ransom_demanded': '$70 million'},
'threat_actor': 'Russian-based hacker group',
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Morgan County Schools',
'type': 'Ransomware'}