University of Missouri is second state organization to report possible data breach, Boone County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Data Breach
My Courier Tribune
August 16th, 2023
- "The University of Missouri is informing current and former employees and students to be aware their personal information might have been accessed in a global data breach.”
- ”The university posted a media release on Wednesday stating it was notified of the breach involving MOVEit, a software program used to move large data files between organizations. Last week, the Missouri Department of Health and Human Services notified state Medicaid recipients and other program participants that personal information could have been accessed through MOVEit by an unauthorized third party.”
- ”The university notified federal law enforcement of the possible breach and began its own investigation. The system’s outside vendors that used the software also are investigating to determine what data and individuals might be impacted.”
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University of Missouri investigating after Russian hacking group claims cyberattack on system, St. Louis County
Breach Type –
Hacking, Ransomware
KMOV
June 16th, 2023
- “The University of Missouri is investigating a possible cyberattack that may have breached their software and information."
- “University spokesperson Christian Basi confirmed that the university is looking into the possibility of a breach.”
- ”This comes after a Russian hacking group called “CL0P” claims they have successfully attacked the university system.”
- ”Basi said the university is not just focusing on the Columbia campus but investigating the entire university system for possible attacks.”
- ”Earlier in June, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency issued an advisory after CL0P exploited a weakness in the Progress Software’s managed file transfer solution known as MOVEit Transfer.”
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Truman State University slowly recovering from ‘cybersecurity virus attack’, Adair County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
CBS News
April 26th, 2023
- “Truman State University in Kirksville, Missouri said it is in the process of recovering from a “cybersecurity virus attack” last week that forced it to shut down the campus network and order all school-issued devices to be turned off."
- “They urged anyone with a school-issued device to keep it turned off until the IT staff is able to “install the necessary security software on all Truman State-issued Windows-based devices.”
- ”Online classes remain canceled until Thursday and employee email is likely to be available by the end of the week. In-person classes were not impacted but professors were unable to access digital classroom tools.”.
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Grain Valley School District investigates cyberattack, Jackson County
Breach Type –
Hacking, Data Breach
FOX 4 KC
October 5th, 2022
- ”The Grain Valley School District confirms it is investigating a cyberattack.”
“Basically what first went down was the printers,” student Nathan Rathmann said Wednesday about how his last three days have changed in school. “Then throughout the day, we had buggy Wi-Fi. Our power school went completely down, so they had to start taking our attendance by paper. It was depressing and not fun.”
- "Rathman said teachers had to print things from home, so there’s been more writing so far this week on paper as opposed to typing. He said things got frustrating after a while.”
“I got so used to doing all the online schoolwork that whenever they said, ‘Ah we’re going to do it all on paper today.’ I was like, ‘Ah, you gotta be kidding me.’ It was not very fun,” he said.
“In a letter sent to families Tuesday, the district said it began investigating when the district experienced technical difficulties. The issues disrupted certain computer systems.”
- ”We began an investigation and determined that we were the victim of a cyber-attack that used malware to encrypt certain systems. We are working diligently with third-party forensic specialists to investigate the incident, confirm its impact on our systems, and restore full functionality to our systems as soon as possible.”
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Washington University School of Medicine notifies patients of data breach, St. Louis County
Breach Type –
Hacking, Data Breach
Becker Hospital Review
May 24th, 2022
- “St. Louis-based Washington University School of Medicine notified patients that a data breach had potentially exposed some of their personal health information."
- “According to Washington University School of Medicine's website, the health system learned that an unauthorized person gained access to certain employee email accounts between March 4 and March 28."
- "An investigation conducted March 24 was unable to determine whether the individual viewed any of the emails or attachments in the accounts, however, the health system did identify that the emails contained patient and research participant information, including names, dates of birth, addresses, medical records, patient account numbers and clinical information."
- ”"To be safe, Washington University School of Medicine has begun mailing letters to individuals whose information was identified in the affected email accounts."
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Ozarks Technical Community College announces it was a victim of cyber fraud, Greene County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Other
KY3.com
April 15th, 2022
- “Ozarks Technical Community College announced it was the victim of a cyber fraud incident that robbed the institution of nearly $900,000 this spring.”
- “However, there was some good news in the fact that the school’s computer system was not hacked nor was this a case of Ransomware where hackers shut down an entire system until they’re paid money.”
- “Because the investigation is ongoing, law enforcement agencies have requested that OTC not disclose any details, including which agencies are involved.”
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Missouri school district's employee data dumped by ransomware group, Jasper County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
Data Breaches
January 11th, 2022
- “Over the past weekend, threat actors known as Vice Society dumped data from Carthage R-9 district in Carthage, Missouri.”
- “We are experiencing a network outage affecting information technology systems and phone systems, and are working to restore access. On December 14, 2021, our IT staff noticed suspicious activity on the network and immediately implemented our incident response protocols, disconnected network access, and took systems offline to protect our network.”
- ”We are treating this matter with the highest priority. As part of our response process, we engaged many consultants, including independent forensic specialists, who are working to help us investigate the suspicious activity and resolve the outage. We are committed to completing a detailed analysis of our internal systems and will take all appropriate action in response to its findings.”
- "When contacted about the incident, a spokesperson for Vice Society informed DataBreaches.net that the attack occurred in the middle of December and the district had not made them a good offer to delete the files. Because they were busy in December, the spokesperson wrote, they did not spend a lot of time looking for good files from the district.”
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Affton School District, St. Louis County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
Data Breaches
April 2nd, 2021
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A total of 1,183 people had their data dumped by threat actors after a ransomware attack
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Names and SSNs were compromised, among other things
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The district is offering credit monitoring, fraud consultation, and identity theft restoration services
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Park Hills School District, Platte County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Malware
KSHB Kansas City
March 22nd, 2021
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Park Hills School District was forced to cancel classes Monday, March 22, 2021
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An investigation by national experts is now ongoing
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The district did have safety systems in place to protect student data
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West County School District, St. Francois County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Data Breach
Daily Journal Online
September 14th, 2020
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School district announced that it was potentially a victim of cyberattack last year
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Officials stated that cases of identity theft had not yet occurred
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Attack was ultimately assigned to third-party IT professionals for investigation
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University of Missouri, Boone County and Phelps County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Data Breach
Linn County Leader
September 5th, 2020
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Donors for the University of Missouri were affected in large scale Blackbaud attack
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Hackers were able to gain access to personal data stored on the cloud based services
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Payment information was not collected but personal information including addresses, dates of birth, and more were collected
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Metropolitan Community College of Kansas City, Wyandotte County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
KCTV News 5
August 12th, 2020
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College officials announced data had been encrypted following cyberattack
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Bad actors utilized ransomware in their hit against the college
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Names, Social Security numbers, drivers license numbers, and more were among leaked information
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Three Rivers College, Butler County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
Darnews
March 14th, 2020
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College forced to cease operations following cyberattack
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School IT, third-party firm, and federal law enforcement investigated
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Officials believed data was not lost thanks to insurance coverage
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St. Louis Community College, St. Louis
Breach Type –
Phishing, Data Breach
KSDK
February 4th, 2020
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Bad actors used phishing in cyberattack against college
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Compromised accounts secured quickly
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Over 5,000 people's private information was exposed
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Ava School District, Douglas County
Breach Type –
Unknown, Ransomware
KY3
September 18th, 2019
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School district victim of ransomware cyber attack, printers hacked and printed notes demanding money
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Officials confirmed personal and student information was not compromised in attack
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School officials discovered various potential weak points in their security, corrected where possible
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Missouri Southern State University, Jasper County
Breach Type - Phishing, Data Breach
Document Cloud
June 6th, 2019
- The university fell victim to a phishing scam that was able to copy all information on an employee’s Office 365 Account
- Several methods to stop the spread were taken as an IT investigation firm was consulted taking steps in further prevention
- All the accounts that were exposed mainly contained sensitive information suck as social security, full names, dates of birth and more
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Odessa School District
Breach Type - Phishing
Data Breaches
January 25th, 2017
- Odessa School District falls victim to spear-phishing scheme
- Hackers posed as district superintendent
- Employee sent W-2 information exposing employees' private information
- Odessa one of 8 districts targeted in Missouri phishing scheme
- Superintendent alerted staff to monitor their financial information
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Trenton R-9 District
Breach Type - Phishing
Trenton Republican Times
January 3rd, 2017
- Trenton District hit with spear phishing scheme
- Employee exposed W-2 information to hackers
- All 2016 Trenton District Employees potentially affected
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Independence School District
Breach Type - Phishing
KCUR
January 20th, 2017
- Independence School District falls victim to phishing scam
- Hackers stole private & financial data of district employees
- Fraudulent income tax returns filed by bad actors
- District instructed employees to file independently if they received a notice from the IRS
- District has taken further steps to prevent future attacks
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Washington University School of Medicine
Breach Type - Phishing
JD Supra
December 2nd, 2016
- During Knox County elections, hackers launch DDoSEmployee fell victim to phishing scheme
- Hacker accessed the infected email accounts
- Gained access to private information on 80,000 patients
- University discovered breach one month after its occurrence
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