Middlesex County Public Schools (MCPS) has confirmed that there has been a “ransomware” attack on the schools’ IT system, reportedly by unknown cyber-criminals.
A ransomware attack is when data gets encrypted and is inaccessible by the owner. The attacker demands a monetary ransom to release the data back to the owner.
The cybersecurity organization BetterCyber said last week that the Akira ransomware group claimed on the “dark web” to have hacked the MCPS website, allegedly stealing 543 gigabytes (GB) of its data.
