A researcher said he discovered an open data cache with names, grades, birthdates and more, after the Clark County School District refused to pay the ransom of an undisclosed sum. The district was crippled during its first week of school thanks to a ransomware attack that researchers say was carried out by the Maze gang. CCSD quickly confirmed the reporting via a Facebook post, where it noted that many of the school s files to be inaccessible on August 27, though online learning platforms weren t affected. A similar attack in July on the Athens school district in Texas led to schools being delayed by a week.
Source: https://threatpost.com/las-vegas-students-data-leaked-ransomware/159645/