Vice Society Releases Info Stolen From 14 UK Schools, Including Passport Scans

In whats become a pattern, the cybercriminal ring stole data, demanded payment, and posted personal information when ransom was denied.

Another month, another release of personal information stolen from a school system. This time, its a group of 14 schools in the United Kingdom.
Once again, the perpetrator appears to be Vice Society, which is
well known
for targeting educational systems in the US. As the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) pointed out in a bulletin from
Sept. 6
, K-12 institutions may be seen as particularly lucrative targets due to the amount of sensitive student data accessible through school systems or their managed service providers.
The
UK hack
may have turned up even more confidential information than the
Los Angeles school system breach
last year. As the
BBC reported
on Jan. 6, One folder marked passports contains passport scans for pupils and parents on school trips going back to 2011, whereas another marked contract contains contractual offers made to staff alongside teaching documents on muscle contractions.
Some prominent school cyberattacks in the US include public school districts in
Chicago
,
Baltimore
, and
Los Angeles
. A new study from digital learning platform Clever claims that
one in four schools
experienced a cyber-incident over the past year, and according to a
new report
from security software vendor Emsisoft, at least 45 school districts and 44 higher learning institutions suffered
ransomware attacks in 2022
.
Schools are an attractive target as they are typically data-rich and resource-poor, Karen Sorady, vice president of member engagement at the Center for Internet Security (CIS),
told Michigan Live
in November, after a K-12 school district in Jackson, Mich., was hit. Without proper resources in terms of dedicated staffing and the necessary tools and training to protect against cyber-attacks, schools can be a soft target.
Many of the 14 schools hit by this latest leak are colleges and universities, but primary and secondary schools were also hit, according to the BBCs list.

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