Tipton said the district will review its current processes and will take "additional steps to further harden our environment, as necessary." "We have invested significant time and resources into our computer systems and practices to ensure we are appropriately protecting confidential information." "Safeguarding and maintaining the confidentiality of our student and employee information remains our utmost priority," he said. Nation's first glow-in-the-dark playground is coming to North Texas.Beaumont PD releases photos of 4 people in question for ATM fraud.Changes are coming at downtown antique and thrift shop.Inspired by her grandma's home cooking, Beaumont woman opens new restaurant.7 questions with.Billy's Boys Sugartown Melons. Downtown Beaumont gets new upscale restaurant.RELATED: Cyber attacks strike more than just pipelines, even in SETX It is unclear if Rhysida contacted the district prior to or after the attack with plans to auction of its data as it claimed it would with SFA, as Tipton said, "that part of the investigation is still ongoing." "While we can't comment on our internal cybersecurity system and countermeasures, I can say that we have acted quickly and decisively to hire experienced cybersecurity experts to assist with investigating the incident," he said. Tipton said the district discovered the incident on June 13 and that the investigation is ongoing, adding that it was reported to the FBI and that Lumberton ISD "is committed to cooperating with any resulting investigation." The visible names on the driver's licenses, social security cards and passport all appear to belong to Lumberton ISD employees, whose names are listed on the district's website.ĭistrict Superintendent Tony Tipton on Monday did not confirm or deny that data containing sensitive information were stolen, but told The Enterprise via email that the district is "committed to notifying impacted individuals in accordance with our regulatory and legal obligations." RELATED: Lake Charles Memorial Health has possible cybersecurity incident "We immediately launched an investigation and are working actively and diligently with the assistance of retained experts to remediate and restore operations as quickly as possible as well as identify the nature and scope of information that may have been involved," the district said in a Monday news release.Įleven documents containing data from Lumberton ISD were leaked to The Daily Sentinel after the outlet reported on the SFA cyber attack, including two W-9 forms three driver's licenses two social security cards one passport a substitute teacher application and a list of names and what appeared to be hire dates, birth dates, genders and social security numbers, among other information. In doing so, the group revealed that they had "attacked" Lumberton ISD, claiming the district was "withholding information about the attack" and that it had downloaded 300 gigabytes of "amazing personal documents" from the district. Rhysida subsequently announced plans to auction off other sensitive information harvested in the attack, according to The Sentinel.
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