Ransomware Gang Says It Leaked Data from Xavier University Students, Staff, Orleans Parish
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
GovTech.com
January 2, 2023
- ”A ransomware gang with international reach is claiming that it leaked sensitive personal data belonging to Xavier University students and employees, apparently after university officials refused to meet their demands."
- "Vice Society, which is known for targeting school systems and higher education institutions, made that claim around Dec. 20. The breach occurred on Nov. 22, according to Xavier President Reynold Verret's email to the university community on Dec. 22. Xavier officials declined comment about the alleged leak."
- ”The breach took place around Dec. 23, officials said.
“It is not clear how many people were affected in the Xavier attack, what information might have been leaked, or what university officials know about the extent of the theft. Verret's email last week said the university was "in the process of identifying and notifying anyone who may have been affected.”
School officials for now recommend students and staff change their passwords and report any unusual activity.”
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Avoyelles Parish School District, Avoyelles Parish
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
KALB
October 1, 2020
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Cyber attack was able to render network systems off-line prompting investigations
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Public officials noted that a ransom was requested but officials quickly contacted state police
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It is believed that systems will be returned to normalcy but it is unknown when systems will be functional again
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Morris Jeff Community School, Orleans Parish
Breach Type –
Unknown, Malware
WWL
August 1st, 2019
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School district was victim of malware cyberattack
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IT personnel disabled district's network to mitigate potential damage
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Officials believed student information had not been accessed
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Jefferson Parish Schools, Jefferson Parish
Breach Type –
Unknown, Data Breach
The New Orleans Advocate
August 18th, 2020
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Nearly 42,000 text messages were sent to student families
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Text messages contained student logon information
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Officials believed student's personal information remained intact
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ITI Technical College, East Baton Rouge Parish
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
The Advocate
February 4th, 2020
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Communications crippled in ransomware hit on college
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College forced to use only paper during cyberattack
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School database encrypted, held for ransom by bad actors
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St. Landry Parish School System, St. Landry Parish
Breach Type –
Unknown, Malware
KLFY
January 16th, 2020
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Staff discovered cyberattack and took school network offline
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Email and other services remained down after the attack
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Officials stated that safeguards likely mitigated damage
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Baton Rouge Community College, East Baton Rouge Parish
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
Gov Tech
December 12th, 2019
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Louisiana State Police investigated ransomware cyberattack against college
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Officials disabled all servers while they checked for any damage
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State and college officials assisted by National Guard
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Tangipahoa Parish School System, Tangipahoa Parish
Breach Type –
Unknown, Malware
Security Magazine
July 29th, 2019
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School hit with malware cyber attack, e-mail and phone lines down
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School superintendent advises that their office is on heightened alert
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Tangipahoa Parish school IT department disabled IP phones to mitigate spread
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Sabine Parish School District, Sabine Parish
Breach Type –
Unknown, Malware
Data Breaches
July 25th, 2019
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Sabine Parish School District hit with malware attack
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School systems were impacted, district sought state aid
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ArkLaTex
July 30th, 2019
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School officials believed no student or staff information was compromised
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Officials stated that the attack was still undergoing investigation
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School board advised that Sabine Parish was not the only district attacked
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Monroe City School District, Ouachita Parish
Breach Type - Unknown, Malware
KNOE
July 16th, 2019
- The school district’s systems were shut down due to a virus attack
- Some concerns were shared over this attack being a ransomware attack but no evidence points to it being a ransomware attack
- In order to conserve and promote investigations, the servers were individually shut down and analyzed to isolate the incident
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Caddo Parish School Board, Caddo Parish
Breach Type - Phishing, Other
KSLA
January 19th, 2019
- Schools lost nearly 1 Million in a phishing scheme
- Hackers posed as an employee with a spoofed email
- School was directed to send nearly a million dollars to false accounts
- Authorities attempting to trace and recover the money
- Schools have added new safeguards and software
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Iberia and St. Martin Parish School Board Websites
Breach Type - Hack
KATC
November 6th, 2017
- Websites hacked to display pro-ISIS propaganda
- Hackers could not access personal information
- Webpages shut down to restore host website
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