Alamo Heights school district ransomware attack compromises data of more than 26,000 people
A ransomware attack caused a network outage at the Alamo Heights Independent School District. It later emerged that Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers had been compromised, and the Texas Attorney General said more than 26,000 people were affected.
Key facts
- Affected organization
- Alamo Heights Independent School District
- Incident type
- Ransomware
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- Data of more than 26,000 people compromised, including Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers
- Cause / method
- Ransomware attack
- Location
- United States
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Timeline
- The ransomware attack on the Alamo Heights Independent School District came to light.
- The school district confirmed ransomware as the cause of the network outage.
- It came to light that the compromised information included Social Security numbers and driver's license numbers.
- The Texas Attorney General said more than 26,000 people were affected by the data breach.
4 related reports
- Alamo Heights ISD hit by ransomware attack. Questions remain about the incident.
- Alamo Heights ISD Identifies Ransomware as Cause of Network Outage
- SSNs, driver’s license numbers compromised in Alamo Heights ISD data breach
- 26K+ people impacted by data breach at Alamo Heights ISD, Texas attorney general says
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