According to sources, Whitehouse Independent School District (a Education organization in Texas) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2021-07-08.

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Source 1  |  2021-07-08

Whitehouse ISD employee, staff information compromised in ransomware attack

“• “Whitehouse ISD today confirmed that some student and employee records were compromised due to a cyberattack on the district’s computer systems.” • “In a statement sent out to Whitehouse ISD parents Thursday morning, stated that the attack was responded to “immediately” in an effort to contain the incident, however they are still working …to confirm the extent of the impact on the systems and to restore full functionality.” • “A Whitehouse ISD spokesperson confirmed the cyberattack was ransomware.” “

Source 2  | 

TX: Thousands of employees and dependents of Whitehouse ISD just had their data dumped on the dark web

“-"Whitehouse ISD recently experienced a disruption to certain computer systems due to a cybersecurity incident. We responded immediately to contain this incident. We are working diligently with third-party forensic specialists to investigate this matter, confirm its impact on our systems, and restore full and secure functionality to our systems as soon as possible." -"The data dump contained personal and personnel information on both current and former employees. One file alone contained more than 700 records on those who applied for jobs between 2007 and 2009. they contained full Social Security numbers with the applicants’ names and addresses." -"Another file contained more than 770 records on employees in 2015, complete with full SSN " -"A similar file for 2016 has 892 entries, and a file for 2020 employees has 967 records with names, postal addresses, and SSN. In addition, there are similar databases with information on substitute teachers, with years ranging from 2010-2020. For some years, there were hundreds of substitute teachers entered with their information and SSN." -"In terms of files in the data dump, much of the personal information on students that likely is protected by FERPA involved REACH Personal Graduation Planners and Texas Achievement Records. The former includes a student’s name, date of birth, phone number, date of enrollement, and provides specific information on courses taken and grades" -"In addition to all the graduation planners, there were approximately 150 Academic Achievement Records for named students from the classes of 2020 and 2021, complete with name, address, date of birth, SSN, and education records. Another folder contained more than 130 records on transfer students from the 2019-2020 school year."“

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