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Ransomware forces Charles Darwin School to close and rebuild teaching workflows

Charles Darwin School sent students home after discovering that its IT problems were caused by ransomware. The school closed for three days while staff devices were cleansed and lessons were replanned; internet, email and student Microsoft accounts were unavailable as the school rebuilt operating processes.

74

Estimated severity

74 / 100

91

Source reliability

91 / 100

Approximate Date

05/09/2024

Targeted Company

CHARLES DARWIN SCHOOL

Targeted Company Supply Chain Impact

  1. Distribution & Fulfillment

  2. Procurement & Sourcing

  3. Production & Manufacturing

  4. Sales (Retail & Ecommerce)

  5. Warehousing

  6. Service Delivery

  7. Unrecognized Impact

Supply Chain Relations

No information

Geographic Impact

Country Targeted Company

United Kingdom

GBR

Other Affected Countries

No other affected countries reported

Target country

United Kingdom

Affected countries

United Kingdom

Impacted regions

England · United Kingdom

Operational Impact

Duration

No information

Financial impact (USD M)

No information

Impact types

Service unavailabilityOperational disruption

Affected sectors

Education & Research

Affected departments

Information Technology

Attack Profile

Attack types

Ransomware

Attributed threat actors

No information

Sources

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