The malicious actors behind a ransomware attack against a school district in Texas attempted to extract payment this week with what one analyst said appears to be an entirely new tactic: emailing parents of students with a threat that if school officials do not pay up, their kids’ personal information may be published online.
“We have been reading news and watching the video in the news article … with feeling of frustration for how your EDUCATION PROVIDER care about your data and personal life,” reads the email. “We can understand that they try to fool us, but they do same effective with you.”
