United States
USA
Ransomware disrupts Scranton School District technology and school operations
A ransomware attack caused district-wide technology outages at Scranton School District in March 2024. Staff and students were instructed not to use district computers, district phones and the website became unavailable, and classes were delayed by two hours while the district responded to the network disruption. Schools continued operating, but the loss of communications and digital systems materially degraded educational operations.
68
Estimated severity
68 / 100
88
Source reliability
88 / 100
Approximate Date
14/03/2024
Targeted Company
SCRANTON SCHOOL DISTRICT
Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact
Distribution & Fulfillment
Procurement & Sourcing
Production & Manufacturing
Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)
Warehousing
Service Delivery
Unrecognized Impact
Supply Chain Relations
No information
Geographic Impact
Country Targeted Company
Other Affected Countries
No other affected countries reported
Target country
United States
Affected countries
United States
Impacted regions
No information
Operational Impact
Duration
No information
Financial impact (USD M)
No information
Impact types
Service unavailabilityService degradationOperational disruptionPlanning or scheduling disruption
Affected sectors
Education & Research
Affected departments
Information Technology
Attack Profile
Attack types
Ransomware
Attributed threat actors
No information
Sources
Incident Sources
wvia.orghttps://www.wvia.org/news/local/2024-03-15/scranton-school-district-hit-with-ransomwarewvia.orghttps://www.wvia.org/news/local/2024-03-14/network-disruption-causes-computer-outage-delay-for-scranton-schoolstherecord.mediahttps://therecord.media/pennsylvania-scranton-school-district-ransomware-attack