No class: Black Suit ransomware gang boasts of 200GB haul from one raid
Cybercriminals closed some schools in America and Britain this week, preventing kindergarteners in Washington state from attending their first-ever school day and shutting down all internet-based systems for Biggin Hill-area students in England for the next three weeks.
Upon finding the digital intruders on the network, the district called in third-party infosec experts, along with US federal and state law enforcement, to help restore the systems, we're told. Highline has not specified which critical systems were affected by the intrusion, or if the shutdown is due to ransomware.ransomware infectionfor students in kindergarten through 12th grade on Thursday, September 12, while the first day of preschool is now slated for Monday, September 16.
Council boss Alistair Cunningham said in a statement this week:"We have no evidence that data has left this organisation. Our systems are shut down as a precautionary measure. Further forensic work has been ongoing this weekend and we now believe the incident is contained within the infrastructure of our systems.
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