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Taranaki High School

Taranaki High School Data Breach (2018)

Taranaki High School

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Disclosed

July 30, 2018

2797 days ago

Records

Undisclosed

Confirmed

Root Cause

Ransomware

Industry

Education

Description

Hāwera High School staff in South Taranaki switched on their computers on Monday to discover a message demanding payment for the return of encrypted data on a server containing students' work and teaching resources, principal Rachel Williams said.