Cybersecurity incident
Date: 2020-11-30 00:00:00
Affected organization: K12 Inc.
Affected country: United States of America
Industry: Educational Services
Event type: Mixed
Event subtype: Data Attack,Exploitation of Application Server
Motive: Financial
Actor: WIZARD SPIDER
Actor type: Criminal
Actor country: Russian Federation
Description: Online education giant K12 Inc. reveals to have paid a ransom after their systems were hit by the Ryuk ransomware in the middle of November.