trinity-area-school-district

The community of the Trinity Area School District was clamouring for explanations after numerous virtual classrooms at the elementary and high schools were compromised.

The security breach was captured on camera by parent Kodi Cimino. Her son's school-issued laptop was emitting voices that kept repeating racial epithets.

Superintendent Michael Lucas wrote to parents to inform them that authorities are looking into the breach and that the district is in contact with Zoom to determine how it happened.

Until the problem is rectified, the district is delaying live instruction.

Source: https://www.wtae.com/article/security-breach-reported-in-cyber-classroom-in-trinity-area-school-district/33973401#

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/trinity-area-school-district

"id": "tri05819623",
"linkid": "trinity-area-school-district",
"type": "Breach",
"date": "09/2020",
"severity": "60",
"impact": "3",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with internal employee data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'location': 'Trinity, PA',
                        'name': 'Trinity Area School District',
                        'type': 'Educational Institution'}],
 'attack_vector': 'Virtual Classroom Compromise',
 'data_breach': {'sensitivity_of_data': 'High',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Audio Data (Racial Epithets)'},
 'description': 'The community of the Trinity Area School District was '
                'clamouring for explanations after numerous virtual classrooms '
                'at the elementary and high schools were compromised. The '
                'security breach was captured on camera by parent Kodi Cimino. '
                "Her son's school-issued laptop was emitting voices that kept "
                'repeating racial epithets. Superintendent Michael Lucas wrote '
                'to parents to inform them that authorities are looking into '
                'the breach and that the district is in contact with Zoom to '
                'determine how it happened. Until the problem is rectified, '
                'the district is delaying live instruction.',
 'impact': {'brand_reputation_impact': 'Severe',
            'downtime': 'Unknown',
            'operational_impact': 'Delay in live instruction',
            'systems_affected': ['Virtual Classrooms']},
 'investigation_status': 'Ongoing',
 'motivation': 'Unknown',
 'references': [{'source': 'Trinity Area School District'}],
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Letter to parents',
              'law_enforcement_notified': 'Yes',
              'third_party_assistance': ['Zoom']},
 'threat_actor': 'Unknown',
 'title': 'Trinity Area School District Virtual Classroom Compromise',
 'type': 'Data Breach',
 'vulnerability_exploited': 'Unknown'}