Northwest Indian College

The Northwest Indian College (NWIC) faced a cyberattack identified as the Ryuk ransomware virus.

The outbreak has corrupted many internal files on our systems, including backups and legacy data.

While the College was still open regular business hours, services were limited. Face-to-face classes were still running.

The College urges others in the community to take extra precautions to secure and back up their networks, with a heavy emphasis on offsite or cloud backups of critical systems and data.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/northwest-indian-college-suffered-major-file-loss-in-ryuk-ransomware-incident/

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

"id": "nor14541423",
"linkid": "nwindiancollege",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "07/2019",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Northwest Indian College',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'data_breach': {'type_of_data_compromised': ['internal files',
                                              'backups',
                                              'legacy data']},
 'description': 'The Northwest Indian College (NWIC) faced a cyberattack '
                'identified as the Ryuk ransomware virus. The outbreak has '
                'corrupted many internal files on our systems, including '
                'backups and legacy data. While the College was still open '
                'regular business hours, services were limited. Face-to-face '
                'classes were still running.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': ['internal files', 'backups', 'legacy data'],
            'operational_impact': ['limited services',
                                   'face-to-face classes still running']},
 'lessons_learned': ['Importance of securing and backing up networks, '
                     'especially offsite or cloud backups of critical systems '
                     'and data'],
 'ransomware': {'ransomware_strain': 'Ryuk'},
 'recommendations': ['Take extra precautions to secure and back up networks, '
                     'with a heavy emphasis on offsite or cloud backups of '
                     'critical systems and data'],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': ['Urging community to secure and back '
                                         'up their networks']},
 'title': 'Northwest Indian College Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware'}