{"id":742,"date":"2023-05-08T12:56:29","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/?p=742"},"modified":"2023-05-08T13:26:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T18:26:12","slug":"breach-report-minneapolis-public-schools-ransomware-attack-results-in-189k-leaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kentprotect.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/08\/breach-report-minneapolis-public-schools-ransomware-attack-results-in-189k-leaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Breach Report: Minneapolis Public Schools ransomware attack results in 189k leaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'><\/div>\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>One-sentence summary: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Minneapolis Public Schools ransomware attack by Medusa resulted in a diverse leak of over 189k documents containing sensitive information of students and staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who was involved?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minneapolis Public Schools, the Medusa ransomware gang, and an unknown number of students and staff. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What was the timeline?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">February 21, 2023: Minneapolis Public Schools makes first press release on the ransomware attack <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 1, 2023: Minneapolis Public Schools confirms an &#8220;encryption event&#8221; (AKA ransomware attack) and potential data breach <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 7, 2023: Initial leaked data is published online (Minneapolis Public Schools, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 17, 2023: MPS completes a review of the data published online and has begun victim notification (Minneapolis Public Schools, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">March 22, 2023: Medusa gang allegedly publishes 100GB online (Wiita, 2023)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 11, 2023: Milestone for MPS restoring their systems and notifying potential breach victims <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>What occurred?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minneapolis Public Schools suffered a ransomware attack by the Medusa ransomware gang in February 2023, resulting in significant operational disruption and the potential breach of sensitive information for students and employees, including &#8220;Social Security Numbers, bank account information, and private health data&#8221; and &#8220;records related to student sexual violence allegations, district finances, student discipline, special education, civil rights investigations, student maltreatment and sex offender notifications&#8221; (Minneapolis Public Schools, 2023; Wiita, 2023; Keierleber, 2023a). Over 189,000 leaked documents are purported to have been leaked detailing such information by the Medusa ransomware gang (Keierleber, 2023b). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Estimated costs:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Incident response costs, breach notification costs, operational costs due to downtime, incident response, and restoration<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Involved laws: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal: HIPAA, HITECH, and FERPA <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Root cause: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Lessons learned: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TBA or N\/A (see disclaimer)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sources: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keierleber, M. (2023a, March 9). <em>Hackers Use Stolen Student Data Against Minneapolis Schools in Brazen New Threat<\/em>. https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/hackers-use-stolen-student-data-against-minneapolis-schools-in-brazen-new-threat\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Keierleber, M. (2023b, May 5). <em>Minneapolis Data Breach a \u2018Worst-Case Scenario\u2019 after Ransomware Attack<\/em>. https:\/\/www.the74million.org\/article\/from-campus-rape-cases-to-child-abuse-reports-worst-case-data-breach-rocks-mn-schools\/<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minneapolis Public Schools. (2023, March 17). <em>Updates: Restoring MPS Systems and Protecting Personal Data<\/em>. Retrieved May 8, 2023, from https:\/\/its.mpls.k12.mn.us\/mps_systems_data<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Minneapolis Public Schools (StarTribune). (n.d.). <em>1amps.jpg<\/em>. StarTribune.com. https:\/\/cdn.vox-cdn.com\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/22661448\/1amps.jpg<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">O\u2019Neal, N. (2023, February 3). Minneapolis Public Schools was nearly conned out of $500K. <em>FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul<\/em>. https:\/\/www.fox9.com\/news\/minneapolis-public-schools-was-nearly-conned-out-of-500k<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wiita, T. (2023, March 24). <em>Stolen Minneapolis Public Schools data released online, may contain SSNs<\/em>. Bring Me the News. Retrieved May 8, 2023, from https:\/\/bringmethenews.com\/minnesota-news\/stolen-minneapolis-public-schools-data-released-online-may-contain-ssns<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Commentary:  <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not the first cyber incident for Minneapolis Public Schools. 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