The Burrillville School Department said it is investigating a “cybersecurity event” that occurred in the early morning of Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Officials said they took immediate action, engaged law
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South Lyon Community School District said a “security incident” caused a network outage that shut parts of its systems, closing schools Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, and again Tuesday, Sept. 16.
Early on Sept. 12, 2025, the Town of Waxhaw discovered irregularities in its government IT network and brought in North Carolina’s Joint Cybersecurity Task Force to investigate and secure
Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District said ransomware was detected on district servers and will close all campuses Sept. 15-18 while investigators assess damage and restore systems. The district, in Uvalde,
Early Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025, the Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office reported a ransomware attack that began around 4:30 a.m. and was detected at 8 a.m., when
Bridgestone Americas said it is investigating a “limited cyber incident” affecting some U.S. manufacturing facilities, first reported Sept. 1, 2025. The company said it contained the activity early, launched
Mecklenburg County Public Schools notified families Sept. 3 that a cybersecurity incident forced the division to impose a “technology lockdown,” taking systems offline while outside experts and law enforcement investigate.
Orangeville Township said a ransomware incident on July 26, 2025 disrupted its network, but a completed forensic review found no evidence any township data—including personal information—was accessed or
The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish stated that automated “bot” activity prompted it to shut down its online credit/debit card processing for hunting and fishing licenses and
Wytec International, Inc. stated that it discovered on August 25, 2025, that a bad actor had published a defaced version of its public website at wytecintl.com. After restoring from
West Chester Township officials said they were alerted around 6:45 a.m. Tuesday to a potential intrusion by a “malicious hacking group” that appeared to target the township’s
