Pinellas County Schools

Pinellas County Schools

A 17 year old High school student accessed and disrupted Pinellas County school computer system.

The student made the whole network unavailable for the school by attacking the school district’s computer system.

The student hacker was expelled from school.

Source: https://www.fox13news.com/news/teen-hacker-accused-of-causing-2-day-outage-at-all-pinellas-county-schools-faces-felony-charges

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

"id": "pin17434123",
"linkid": "pinellascountyschools",
"type": "Cyber Attack",
"date": "05/2021",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "2",
"explanation": "Attack limited on finance or reputation"
{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Pinellas County',
                        'name': 'Pinellas County School District',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Unauthorized Access',
 'description': 'A 17-year-old high school student accessed and disrupted the '
                'Pinellas County school computer system, making the whole '
                'network unavailable.',
 'impact': {'downtime': 'Entire Network',
            'systems_affected': "School District's Computer System"},
 'response': {'remediation_measures': 'Student Hacker Expelled'},
 'threat_actor': 'High School Student',
 'title': 'High School Student Disrupts Pinellas County School Computer System',
 'type': 'Network Disruption'}
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