White House holds first-ever summit on the ransomware crisis plaguing the nation’s public schools
. All but 10 had data stolen, the firm reported. Typically, Russian-speaking foreign-based gangs steal the data – sometimes including the Social Security numbers and financial data of district staff – before activating network-encrypting malware then threaten to dump it online unless paid in cryptocurrency.
“Do not underestimate the ruthlessness of those who would do us harm,” said Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas during the summit, noting that even reports on suicide attempts have been dumped online by criminal extortionists and urging educators to avail themselves of federal resources already available.
A pilot proposed by Federal Communications Commission Chair Jessica Rosenworcel – yet to be voted on by the agency – would make $200 million available over three years to strengthen cyber defence in schools and libraries. The lasting legacy of school ransomware attacks is not in school closures, multimillion-dollar recovery costs, or even soaring cyber insurance premiums. It is the trauma for staff, students and parents from the online exposure of private records – which the AP detailed in a report published last month, focusing on data theft by far-flung criminals from two districts: Minneapolis and the Los Angeles Unified School District.
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