Coverage dated July 4, 2023

Ransomware criminals are targeting nation's schools, dumping kids' private files online

Headline from Casper Star-Tribune

Rich in digitized data, the nation's schools are prime targets for far-flung criminal hackers, who are assiduously locating and scooping up sensitive files.

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  1. Casper Star-Tribune

    Ransomware criminals are targeting nation's schools, dumping kids' private files online (opens Casper Star-Tribune)

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    Casper Star-Tribune's feed description

    Rich in digitized data, the nation's schools are prime targets for far-flung criminal hackers, who are assiduously locating and scooping up sensitive files.

  2. MyNorthwest

    Ransomware criminals are dumping kids' private files online after school hacks (opens MyNorthwest)

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    MyNorthwest's feed description

    The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults,

  3. WHDH Boston

    Ransomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online after school hacks - Boston News, Weather, Sports (opens WHDH Boston)

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    WHDH Boston's feed description

    The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive

  4. Fortune

    Ransomware criminals who hit schools are publishing kids’ confidential documents online (opens Fortune)

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    Fortune's feed description

    More than 300,000 files were dumped online in March after the 36,000-student Minneapolis Public Schools refused to pay a $1 million ransom.

  5. Honolulu Star-Advertiser

    Ransomware criminals are dumping kids’ private files online (opens Honolulu Star-Advertiser)

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    Honolulu Star-Advertiser's feed description

    The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive parents, truancy — even suicide attempts.

  6. Portland Press Herald

    Ransomware criminals dump kids’ private files online after school hacks (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    Portland Press Herald's feed description

    Rich in digitized data, the nation’s schools are prime targets for far-flung criminal hackers.

  7. Fox News

    Ransomware criminals dump personal information of students online after stealing files from MN school (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Over 300,000 personal files were stolen from a Minneapolis schools' database. The school refused to pay a $1 million ransom before all of the files were stolen.

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