Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-10-12 00:00:00
Affected organization: Yazoo County School District
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Disruptive
Event subtype: Data Attack
Motive: Financial
Actor: Undetermined
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Undetermined
Description: The Yazoo County School District votes to pay a company $300,000 to recover files encrypted by ransomware threat actors.