A community college near Sacramento, Sierra College was hit by ransomware in May 2021 which caused network outages.
Many students expressed worries regarding class registration in the comments section underneath the college's post, some of whom claimed that the hack had removed them from their waiting-list positions.
Sierra advised students to access information on instruction at https://live-sierra-college-landing.pantheonsite.io.
They investigated the incident and took immediate action and recovered the systems to start the class without disturbance.
Source: https://www.govtech.com/education/higher-ed/sierra-college-mostly-recovered-after-ransomware-attack
TPRM report: https://www.rankiteo.com/company/sierra-college
"id": "sie143871122",
"linkid": "sierra-college",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "5/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "5",
"explanation": "Attack threatening the organization's existence"{'affected_entities': [{'customers_affected': 'Students',
'industry': 'Education',
'location': 'Sacramento',
'name': 'Sierra College',
'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
'customer_advisories': 'Advised students to access information on instruction '
'at '
'https://live-sierra-college-landing.pantheonsite.io',
'date_detected': 'May 2021',
'description': 'A community college near Sacramento, Sierra College was hit '
'by ransomware in May 2021 which caused network outages. Many '
'students expressed worries regarding class registration in '
"the comments section underneath the college's post, some of "
'whom claimed that the hack had removed them from their '
'waiting-list positions. Sierra advised students to access '
'information on instruction at '
'https://live-sierra-college-landing.pantheonsite.io. They '
'investigated the incident and took immediate action and '
'recovered the systems to start the class without disturbance.',
'impact': {'customer_complaints': 'Students expressed worries regarding class '
'registration',
'operational_impact': 'Class registration issues',
'systems_affected': 'Network outages'},
'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Advised students to access '
'information on instruction at '
'https://live-sierra-college-landing.pantheonsite.io',
'containment_measures': 'Investigated the incident and took '
'immediate action',
'recovery_measures': 'Recovered the systems to start the class '
'without disturbance'},
'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Sierra College',
'type': 'Ransomware'}