Clarksville ISD outage precedes ransomware claim in Texas
pDistrict told staff and students to avoid networkconnected devices later leaksite listing is unverifiedppClarksville Independent School District in Northeast Texas reported a districtwide computer and network outage on Nov 26 and warned it could take days to resolve Weeks later a ransomware group posted a claim about the district that officials have not confirmedppIn a Technology Update posted that night the district said all CISD computers and the district network are experiencing significant difficulties and told staff and students not to use any computers laptops or other devices connected to the district network until further notice Comments were disabled on the districts Facebook post directing readers to the updateppThe district said Region 8 Education Service Center was assisting and that it did not expect the issue to be resolved before students returned the following week It also said it was working with Paris Junior College to extend dualcredit deadlinesppOn Dec 18 the ransomwaretracking website ransomwarelive listed Clarksville ISD as a victim of a group identified as Interlock Interlock claimed on its leak site that it stole student and employee information from Clarksville schools including Social Security numbers and financial records a claim the district has not confirmedpp
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ppClarksville ISD has not publicly attributed the Nov 26 disruption to ransomware or any cyberattack and no district statement confirming data theft was located as of Dec 19 District officials did not respond to requests for comment by publication time The timing also leaves open whether the Dec 18 leaksite post reflects the Nov 26 outage an earlier intrusion disclosed later or a separate incidentppOther Texas districts have reported cyber disruptions this year Valley View ISD in Pharr said in November it was handling a cybersecurity incident affecting computer systems and phone lines while a ransomware group later posted an unverified claim about the district Uvalde CISD canceled classes for several days in September after it detected ransomware affecting systems it said were critical to campus operations then later said investigators found no data breach Santa Fe ISD near Houston reported a cyber event in late April that disrupted internet and phone service and forced changes to STAAR testing schedulesppClarksville ISD is a small rural district in Red River County serving about 529 students according to federal education datappCyber incidents have repeatedly disrupted K12 operations in Texas in recent years sometimes causing extended phone and internet outages and raising concerns about potential exposure of student and staff informationppA writer intelligence analyst and technology enthusiast passionate about the connection between the digital and physical worlds
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ppClarksville ISD has not publicly attributed the Nov 26 disruption to ransomware or any cyberattack and no district statement confirming data theft was located as of Dec 19 District officials did not respond to requests for comment by publication time The timing also leaves open whether the Dec 18 leaksite post reflects the Nov 26 outage an earlier intrusion disclosed later or a separate incidentppOther Texas districts have reported cyber disruptions this year Valley View ISD in Pharr said in November it was handling a cybersecurity incident affecting computer systems and phone lines while a ransomware group later posted an unverified claim about the district Uvalde CISD canceled classes for several days in September after it detected ransomware affecting systems it said were critical to campus operations then later said investigators found no data breach Santa Fe ISD near Houston reported a cyber event in late April that disrupted internet and phone service and forced changes to STAAR testing schedulesppClarksville ISD is a small rural district in Red River County serving about 529 students according to federal education datappCyber incidents have repeatedly disrupted K12 operations in Texas in recent years sometimes causing extended phone and internet outages and raising concerns about potential exposure of student and staff informationppA writer intelligence analyst and technology enthusiast passionate about the connection between the digital and physical worlds
His views expressed here do not necessarily reflect those of his employer and he writes here as an individualpp
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Bellflower Unified said phone and network disruptions began in early August followed by a monthslong forensic review and a later unconfirmed Rhysida claim
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Districtwide Gmail WiFi and internet disruptions have continued since Monday and officials still have not confirmed the cause
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City says missing records inaccessible systems and wiped devices found after an administrative transition prompted requests for state and federal help
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