More than 40 educational organizations, including 15 in the United States, suffered ransomware attacks launched by the cybercriminal group known as Vice Society, a new report reveals.
Researchers at Palo Alto Networks have not tied the group's members to a specific geographic location, though posts and communications from the cybercriminal gang have appeared on the dark web in both English and Russian.
The report noted,"the group appears to be targeting more educational organizations based in California." "If you hit a company and shut down their financial payment system, that's going to be frustrating for that company," Olson said."But if a school starts to shut down in an area, it is going to impact all of the students, teachers, their parents. It's absolutely going to be news. That's going to put a lot of pressure on administrators to get things working again.
Earlier this year, CISA previewed a plan to enhance cybersecurity protections in local communities, with a focus on the particularly vulnerable: K-12 schools, hospitals and water treatment facilities. CISA Director Jen Easterly noted that not all organizations are"investing millions and billions of dollars like some in the finance and energy [sectors] are."
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