Minneapolis Public School Data Leaked Onto Dark Web: District

MINNEAPOLIS — Personal data taken during a cyberattack on the Minneapolis Public School system in February has since been leaked onto the "dark web," the district acknowledged Friday.

"We are working with cybersecurity specialists to quickly and securely download the data so that we can conduct an in-depth and comprehensive review to determine the full scope of what personal information was impacted and to whom the information relates," the district said.

"This will take some time. You will be contacted directly by MPS if our review indicates that your personal information has been impacted."

The district has been investigating a breach since Feb. 18, when they announced that an "incident" had impacted "many MPS systems."

Officials later determined that "an unauthorized threat actor" had successfully infected the district with an encryption virus and gained access to personal data.

Ransomware gang "Medusa" claimed responsibility for the attack and demanded $1,000,000, The74 reported.

According to the news outlet, gang’s dark web leak includes records related to student sexual assault allegations, district finances, student maltreatment, and sex offender notifications.

MPS said it "has not paid a ransom to the threat actors."