Ransomware attacks on secondary schools in England
Dear South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College, North Ferriby,
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
Good morning,
Further to your recent Freedom of Information request, please see the
attached letter.
Kind regards,
Victoria Dent | Executive Assistant to the CEO, Governance & Compliance
Support
The Education Alliance, Eastdale Road, Melton, North Ferriby, HU14 3HS.
[1][email address] | 01482 631208
[2]www.theeducationalliance.org.uk | [3]www.ywtt.org.uk
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Dear South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College, North Ferriby,
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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