Ransomware gang attempts to extort UK school by posting files about at-risk children

The Vice Society ransomware group claimed on Thursday to have stolen sensitive data from Guildford County School, the latest British educational establishment it has victimized.

The Record has observed hundreds of files, apparently stolen from the school on January 19, posted to the criminal group’s leak site. Several have filenames suggesting they contain safeguarding reports — sensitive internal documents teachers write to record information about at-risk students.

As of publication the school has not responded to The Record’s enquiries …

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