Ransomware attacks on secondary schools in England

Dear Rebecca Moody

 

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Thank you for your email of 19^th January 2024 where you requested
information about ransomware attacks.

 

We have now completed searching for the information you requested.

 

The school have not had any ransomware attacks and thus do not hold any of
the data you have requested.

 

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Yours sincerely

 

 

 

 

H Dougal

PA to the Principal

Jesmond Park Academy

Jesmond Park West

Newcastle upon Tyne

NE7 7DP

 

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From: Rebecca Moody <[4][FOI #1074235 email]>
Sent: 19 January 2024 15:25
To: Jesmond Park Academy, Admin <[5][Jesmond Park Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne request email]>
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Ransomware attacks on secondary
schools in England

 

Dear Jesmond Park Academy, Newcastle-upon-Tyne,

Please find below my FOI request regarding ransomware attacks on the
school/college.

1. In the last 5 years, how many times has your school/college suffered
from a ransomware attack? Please provide specific dates (months/years) if
possible.
2. How much downtime did this cause (in hours)?
3. Did you pay the ransom? If so, how much was the ransom?
4. What type of ransomware was used?
5. What was the total cost of the incident to your school/college?
6. How many student and/or staff records were impacted in the breach?

If you don't have data available for all of the questions, please provide
any data you do have.

We appreciate the sensitivity of disclosing ransomware attacks, which is
why all of the data gathered will be anonymised in our final analysis and
no individual schools or colleges will be mentioned.

Yours faithfully,

Rebecca Moody

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