Security News > 2022 > September > FBI warns of Vice Society ransomware attacks on school districts
FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC warned today of U.S. school districts being increasingly targeted by the Vice Society ransomware group, with more attacks expected after the start of the new school year.
"The FBI, CISA, and the MS-ISAC have recently observed Vice Society actors disproportionately targeting the education sector with ransomware attacks," today's joint advisory reads.
The joint advisory also provides network defenders with Vice Society indicators of compromise and tactics, techniques, and procedures observed by the FBI in attacks as recently as September 2022.
Attacks on the education sector, mainly targeting kindergarten through K-12 institutions, have a massive impact on their operations, ranging from restricted access to networks and data, delayed exams, and canceled school days to the theft of personal information belonging to students and school staff.
One such attack was disclosed today by Los Angeles Unified, the second largest school district in the U.S., after a ransomware attack took down some of its Information Technology systems over the weekend-LAUSD hasn't yet attributed the attack to a specific ransomware gang.
Vice Society is a threat group known for deploying multiple ransomware strains on their victims' networks, such as Hello Kitty/Five Hands and Zeppelin ransomware.
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