Security News > 2020 > September > Ransomware And Zoom-Bombing: Cyberattacks Disrupt Back-to-School Plans

According to a Tuesday public announcement, Hartford's ransomware attack caused an outage of critical systems, including the school district's software system that delivers real-time information on bus routes.

Other recent ransomware attacks include one that hit the Clark County school district, which includes Las Vegas, during its first week of school, potentially exposing personal information of employees.

Two weeks ago a ransomware attack against a North Carolina school district, Haywood County Schools, caused the school to close to students for days.

Even in a pre-COVID world, schools are an attractive target for ransomware attackers because they can time the attack to disrupt the start of the school year, which may force schools' hands in paying the ransom, Allan Liska, solutions architect at Recorded Future, told Threatpost.

One 14-year-old boy from Park Ridge, Ill. was recently accused of sharing login information for remote-learning sessions at a high school which resulted in Zoom-bombers hijacking virtual classes during the first week of school.

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