According to sources, Midlands school district (a Education organization in South Carolina) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2025-08-27.

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Source 1  |  2025-08-27

Hackers demanded Midlands school district pay ransom. They refused

“Midlands school officials were told to pay foreign hackers a ransom after a cyberattack knocked out their computer systems and compromised some students’ data. “

“Lexington-Richland 5 declined to pay, Superintendent Akil Ross told a virtual town hall for district parents on Tuesday. A former FBI agent and cybersecurity expert who took part in the town hall said that was the right call. “

““We knew at 6:30 a.m. that morning that we had lost access,” Ross said. “We have a cybersecurity protocol just as in the case of someone breaking into one of our buildings. We called law enforcement, we called SLED, and they started an investigation at that point.” “

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