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	"plain_text": "California community college Río Hondo dealing with\r\ncybersecurity incident\r\nBy Jonathan Greig\r\nPublished: 2023-11-01 · Archived: 2026-04-02 11:25:11 UTC\r\nRío Hondo College in Southern California is dealing with a cybersecurity incident that limited campus functions\r\nfor days before most services were returned.\r\nThe school, which serves more than 31,000 students in the Los Angeles metro region, did not say when the issues\r\nbegan but wrote in an October 23 Facebook post that access to its website and other school-run tools had been\r\nrestored.\r\nThe next day, the school added that its IT team had resolved an issue that limited the college’s ability to disburse\r\nfinancial aid. Financial aid disbursements were sent out on October 26.\r\nAt the time, the school did not identify the disruptions as related to cyberattacks but on Tuesday the LockBit\r\nransomware gang added the school to its list of victims, giving officials until November 20 to pay an undisclosed\r\nransom.\r\n#LockBit has listed Rio Hondo College in Whittier, CA. #RHC #ransomware 1/2\r\npic.twitter.com/lZmeP9whAB\r\n— Brett Callow (@BrettCallow) October 31, 2023\r\nIn a statement to Recorded Future News, the school acknowledged that the outages were due to a cyberattack but\r\ndid not call it a ransomware attack.\r\n“After learning of this incident, we immediately began an investigation to determine the cause and scope of the\r\nincident,” a spokesperson said.\r\n“We want our students and the Río Hondo community to know that we place a high value on maintaining the\r\nintegrity and security of the data we hold in our systems, and we are working diligently to complete our\r\ninvestigation of the incident. We will provide an additional update once our investigation is complete.”\r\nThe school did not say whether a ransom would be paid or if law enforcement is involved in the response.\r\nEmsisoft ransomware expert Brett Callow said the attack was the 69th on a university or college this year, an all-time record far surpassing the 44 seen in 2022. The attacks on higher education this year do not include the\r\nhundreds of schools affected by the MOVEit data breaches, Callow added.\r\nJust in the last two months, Stanford University and the University of Michigan have confirmed attacks that had\r\nserious effects on campus networks, student data and more. Ransomware gangs have also shown a proclivity for\r\ntargeting community colleges in the last year, attacking several across the U.S.\r\nhttps://therecord.media/california-college-rio-hondo-cyberattack\r\nPage 1 of 2\n\nIn spite of rumored dissension within its ranks, the LockBit ransomware gang has continued its unparalleled streak\r\nof devastating attacks across the world, far outpacing any of its hacking rivals.\r\nThe group launched at least 81 attacks in September and has already claimed attacks on several New York\r\nhospitals, a Virginia school district and multibillion-dollar technology services firm CDW.\r\nJonathan Greig\r\nis a Breaking News Reporter at Recorded Future News. Jonathan has worked across the globe as a journalist since\r\n2014. Before moving back to New York City, he worked for news outlets in South Africa, Jordan and Cambodia.\r\nHe previously covered cybersecurity at ZDNet and TechRepublic.\r\nSource: https://therecord.media/california-college-rio-hondo-cyberattack\r\nhttps://therecord.media/california-college-rio-hondo-cyberattack\r\nPage 2 of 2",
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