Pittsburg Unified School District

Pittsburgh Unified School District suffered a ransomware attack that made its email and server go down.

As the district network systems were hit with a ransomware attack, it took all affected and potentially affected servers offline.

The school started the investigation along with 2 external IT firms and attorneys.

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/ca-pittsburgh-unified-school-district-still-recovering-from-pre-christmas-ransomware-attack/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/pittsburg-unified-school-district

"id": "pit222731222",
"linkid": "pittsburg-unified-school-district",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "01/2020",
"severity": "85",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

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                        'location': 'Pittsburgh',
                        'name': 'Pittsburgh Unified School District',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'description': 'Pittsburgh Unified School District suffered a ransomware '
                'attack that made its email and server go down. As the '
                'district network systems were hit with a ransomware attack, '
                'it took all affected and potentially affected servers '
                'offline. The school started the investigation along with 2 '
                'external IT firms and attorneys.',
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 'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
 'response': {'containment_measures': ['Took all affected and potentially '
                                       'affected servers offline'],
              'third_party_assistance': ['2 external IT firms', 'attorneys']},
 'title': 'Pittsburgh Unified School District Ransomware Attack',
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}