This Week in Breach News: Baltimore County Public Schools learn a lesson about ransomware, healthcare targets worldwide take security hits, learn to spot and stop phishing with intel from our cybercriminal secret files, and see how business email compromise scams are taking a new turn.
The Week in Breach News: Top Threats This Week
- Top Source Hits: ID Theft Forum
- Top Compromise Type: Domain
- Top Industry: Education & Research
- Top Employee Count: 501+
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Baltimore County Public Schools
https://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/news/2020/11/25/ransomware-attack-baltimore-county-public-schools.html
Exploit: Ransomware
Baltimore County Public Schools: School System
Risk to Business: 1.222 = Extreme
Ransomware attacks on school systems around the country have grown exponentially, and that lesson was driven home for Baltimore County Public Schools last week. A ransomware attack forced the system to shut down completely for three days, disrupting online learning for K - 12 students. The district has 115,000 students.
Individual Risk: No personal or consumer information was reported as impacted in this incident.
Customers Impacted: Approximately 115,000 students and 7,300 teachers
How it Could Affect Your Customers' Business: Ransomware can unleash extreme devastation, going beyond stealing data to shutting down an organization's operations completely.