Washington County School District

Washington Central Unified Union School District had its information systems compromised in a ransomware attack.

The personal student information was stolen during the system hack.

the school district sent out a letter to families saying the district’s systems have been compromised

Source: https://www.databreaches.net/vt-washington-county-school-district-looks-into-possible-ransomware-attack/

TPRM report: https://scoringcyber.rankiteo.com/company/washington-county-school-district

"id": "was103311222",
"linkid": "washington-county-school-district",
"type": "Ransomware",
"date": "12/2021",
"severity": "100",
"impact": "4",
"explanation": "Attack with significant impact with customers data leaks"

{'affected_entities': [{'industry': 'Education',
                        'name': 'Washington Central Unified Union School '
                                'District',
                        'type': 'School District'}],
 'data_breach': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes',
                 'type_of_data_compromised': 'Personal student information'},
 'description': 'Washington Central Unified Union School District had its '
                'information systems compromised in a ransomware attack. '
                'Personal student information was stolen during the system '
                'hack. The school district sent out a letter to families '
                'saying the district’s systems have been compromised.',
 'impact': {'data_compromised': 'Personal student information'},
 'ransomware': {'data_exfiltration': 'Yes'},
 'response': {'communication_strategy': 'Sent out a letter to families'},
 'title': 'Ransomware Attack on Washington Central Unified Union School '
          'District',
 'type': 'Ransomware Attack'}