Cyber Attack on Union Community School District, IA

According to sources, Union Community School District (a Education organization in Iowa) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2021-06-01.

Union Community School District publicly silent after threat actors dump files on dark web

“" the district experienced a cyberattack prior to April 19... But now that the threat actors have dumped thousands of files with employees’ and students’ personal information on the dark web, " "The threat actors do not indicate in the listing when they first attacked the district or contacted them with any ransom demand, but on May 28, the threat actors updated their listing of April 19 and dumped thousands of files. They also posted a list of every computer on the district’s network." "The file dump, compromising almost 2 GB of compressed files, contained numerous files with personal and personnel information on former and current employees as well as personal information on current and former students." "Files with employees’ personal addresses, phone numbers, name of spouse or partner, and their birthday were also in the dump, as were salary schedules with employees’ rate of pay, date of hire, Social Security numbers, and other types of certification data and expiration dates." "Student-related files include lists of all students in every class and grade, but also some disciplinary incidents involving named students. There were also files with named students and Student Reporting in Iowa (SRI) information, and thousands of transcripts of students who graduated between 2003 and 2019."“