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Cyber intrusion disrupts Sweetwater school instruction and digital systems

Sweetwater Union High School District detected a security incident on February 12 that impaired the availability and functionality of district computer systems. Email, internet access and student information tools were disabled during containment, causing several days of disrupted teaching and forcing educators to change lessons.

75

Estimated severity

75 / 100

94

Source reliability

94 / 100

Approximate Date

2023-02-12

Targeted Company

SWEETWATER UNION HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT

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 States

USA

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

Operational disruptionService degradation

Affected sectors

Education & Research

Affected departments

Information Technology

Attack Profile

Attack types

Data exfiltrationUnauthorized access

Attributed threat actors

No information

Sources

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