Mount Saint Mary College confirms December ransomware attack

Mount Saint Mary College – a liberal arts college in New York – confirmed it experienced a ransomware attack in December after a cybercrime group publicly shared details about the incident this week. 

The Vice Society ransomware gang, a group known for dozens of attacks on K-12 schools as well as colleges and universities, claimed to have attacked the school in a post on its leak site that was first highlighted by cybersecurity expert Dominic Alvieri on Wednesday. 

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