Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-06-22 00:00:00
Affected organization: Coastal Preparatory Academy
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Exploitation of Application Server,Internal Denial of Service
Motive: Undetermined
Actor: Shandra Gilles
Actor type: Undetermined
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: According to a letter sent to parents by Coastal Preparatory Academy and a lawsuit filed in Superior Court, a former employee obtained extremely sensitive personal information about parents and students, including social security numbers, health and financial information, and employment records. The employee also allegedly locked Academy leadership out of the computer system by refusing to provide passwords.