![]() Most of the suspects are Russian-speaking gangs based in Eastern Europe that enjoy safe harbor from tolerant governments. Broward County Public Schools, based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., said in a statement Thursday that there is no indication that any personal information has been stolen and that it made no extortion payment to the ransomware gang.Īn epidemic of ransomware attacks has been plaguing government agencies, businesses and individuals for three years. In an unrelated attack, the computer system of one of the nation’s largest school districts was hacked by a criminal gang that encrypted district data and demanded $40 million in ransom, threatening to erase the files and post students’ and employees’ personal information online. Ransomware attacks seeking massive payouts have hit several organizations in recent months. The Washington state auditor’s office reported last month that information on nearly 1.5 million unemployment applicants had been stolen.Īccellion released a statement in March saying it had closed “all known” vulnerabilities, and no new ones had been found. The University of Colorado and the University of Miami reported that files were accessed in January and included personal data and some health, study and research data. The school said a hacking group known as Clop gained access to Accellion in December, the Sun reported. The Baltimore Sun on Thursday reported that private information of staff members and students at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, was posted online this week. ![]() However, some organizations said they only recently became aware of the breach. The information was obtained in December and January, when hackers exploited a vulnerability in a 20-year-old Accellion file transfer service, various reports have said. ![]()
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