Clark County School District says it is "unable to verify" newly-reported claims about a "data security incident" first reported last month, but the district says it is investigating and cooperating with law enforcement.
Jeremy Chen reports.
PRIVATE INFORMATION ALL HAVEBEEN EXPOSED ONLINE.C-C-S-D SAYS...HACKERS TARGETED THE PERSONALINFORMATION FROM THE DISTRICT'SSERVERS IN AUGUST..13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER JEREMYCHEN SPOKE WITH A CYBERSECURITY"THREAT ANALYST" WHO LOOKEDINTO THE HACK.ALL OF THIS WAS FIRST REPORTEDBY THE WALL STREET JOURNALMONDAY.THIS INCIDENT INITIALLYHAPPENED IN AUGUST WHEN THEDISTRICT SAYS IT WAS A VICTIMOF A RANSOMWARE ATTACK.WE NOW HAVE A CLUE AS TO WHATEXACTLY WAS TAKEN FROMC-C-S-D'S SERVERS.PKG CYBERSECURITY THREATANALYST BRETT CALLOW SAYS THEDISTRICT WAS BEING BLACKMAILEDBY HACKERS."IF THE TARGETED ORGANIZATIONDOESN'T PAY OR DOESN'T PAYQUICKLY ENOUGH, WHATEVER DATAGOT STOLEN GETS POSTED ONLINE."CALLOW FOLLOWED THIS THREAT ANDSAYS HACKERS SENT A WARNINGEARLIER THIS MONTH.THE INFORMATION WAS DUMPEDONLINE LATE LAST WEEK- WHEN THERANSOM DEMAND FOR AN UNKNOWNAMOUNT WASN'T MET.HE SAYS RANSOM DEMANDS LIKETHESE HAVE HAPPENED TO OTHERSCHOOL DISTRICTS-ACROSS THECOUNTRY."THE AVERAGE IS SOMEWHEREBETWEEN PROBABLY $150,000 TO$250,000." C-C-S-D ACKNOWLEDGEDIT WAS A VICTIM OF A RANSOMWAREATTACK ON AUGUST 27-SAYING SOMEPRIVATE INFORMATION MAY HAVEBEEN ACCESSED- BUT THERE WAS NOIMPACT ON ONLINE LEARNING.HE SAYS ALL OF THE SENSITIVEINFORMATION WAS EASILYACCESSIBLE WITHOUT A PASSWORD."IF YOU KNOW THE URL OF THEWEBSITE, IT'S ACCESSIBLE TOVIRTUALLY ANYBODY." LOOKLIVEOUT I REACHED OUT TO C-C-S-DABOUT THIS LATEST REPORT.IT SAYS IT IS UNABLE TO VERIFYTHE SCOPE OF THE HACK- AND ISWORKING WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT ONTHIS CASE.IT IS NOTIFYING ANYONE WHO MAYBE AFFECTED BY THIS HACK.JEREMY CHEN 13 ACTION NEWS.MORE THAN "78 THOUSAND" PEOPLEHAVE TESTED POSITIVE FOR THECORONAVIRUS
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