{"id":41291,"date":"2021-06-10T13:36:02","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T13:36:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/news\/view\/32367\/Hackers-Force-Iowa-College-To-Cancel-Classes-For-Four-Days.html"},"modified":"2021-06-10T13:36:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T13:36:02","slug":"hackers-force-iowa-college-to-cancel-classes-for-four-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.threatshub.org\/blog\/hackers-force-iowa-college-to-cancel-classes-for-four-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Hackers Force Iowa College To Cancel Classes For Four Days"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"topic-callout\" readability=\"7.2888888888889\">\n<div class=\"topic-callout__img\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/topic\/cyber\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/video-images.vice.com\/topics\/57a205628cb727dec795a6b1\/callout_logo\/1614199980283-screen-shot-2021-02-24-at-34918-pm.png?resize=240:*\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2021-02-24 at 3\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>Hacking. Disinformation. Surveillance. CYBER is Motherboard&#8217;s podcast and reporting on the dark underbelly of the internet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"28\"><\/p>\n<p>An Iowa community college cancelled all classes for four days after hackers forced it to shut down parts of the school&#8217;s network and telephone system.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"33.408823529412\"><\/p>\n<p>The hack, which appears to be ransomware, has forced the Des Moines Area Community College (DMACC) to resort to posting updates on Facebook, Twitter, and a barebones version of its site. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DMACCNews\/status\/1401974234520379394\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>The school has also asked faculty<\/span><\/a>, staff, and students to avoid using Microsoft Office 365, as well as the popular online learning platform Blackboard.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"adph adph--border\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"28.681208053691\"><\/p>\n<p>DMACC announced on Thursday June 3 that it was &#8220;currently working to restore Internet service across the College,&#8221; and that classes for that day were cancelled. The college then cancelled all classes on Friday, as well as Monday, and Tuesday of this week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/DMACCBears\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>according to its official Facebook page<\/span><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"28\"><\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, the college asked some students to come to campus for in-person classes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"33.252446183953\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;DMACC classes that include any in-person component (either fully in-person, or partially in-person) will resume and be held at their regularly scheduled times and locations,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dmacc.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>DMACC announced on its official website<\/span><\/a>, which now only includes updates about the cyberattack and its consequences to school&#8217;s activities. &#8220;For our students and faculty, this means that if any portion of your class would typically meet in-person, that portion of class will resume being held as scheduled beginning Wednesday, June 9.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"31\"><\/p>\n<p>As of Wednesday, online classes are still cancelled, and will only resume &#8220;24-hours after the network is restored,&#8221; as the school wrote on its site.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-component=\"QuoteBlock\" class=\"abc__quote abc__quote--blockquote\" readability=\"9.2592592592593\">\n<p><strong>Do you work or study at DMACC? We\u2019d love to hear from you. Using a non-work phone or computer, you can contact Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai securely on Signal at +1 917 257 1382, lorenzofb on Wickr and Telegram, or email <a href=\"mailto:lorenzofb@vice.com\">lorenzofb@vice.com<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"26.491891891892\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We can access the assignments but we can&#8217;t access the materials so you&#8217;re basically just doing it blind. You&#8217;re just guessing,&#8221; second-semester student Brenna Vauble <a href=\"https:\/\/www.weareiowa.com\/article\/news\/education\/dmacc-in-person-classes-resume-but-not-online-des-moines-area-community-college-cyber-attack\/524-51938147-7853-4153-903c-49c38e652b05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>told We Are Iowa<\/span><\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"29.902912621359\"><\/p>\n<p>The school is in the middle of the summer semester, where there are both online and in-person classes, while &#8220;DMACC Administrators are planning to start a &#8216;new normal&#8217; in college operations when fall classes resume on Aug. 25,&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/webcache.googleusercontent.com\/search?q=cache:Q3bjUA6pMoUJ:https:\/\/www.dmacc.edu\/coronavirus+&amp;cd=13&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>according to a cached version<\/span><\/a> of the school&#8217;s website page on COVID-19 updates.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span><\/p>\n<div class=\"adph adph--border\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"28.367924528302\"><\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the pandemic last year, DMACC closed and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/education\/2020\/03\/13\/coronavirus-iowa-which-schools-universities-have-closed-canceled-online\/5034774002\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>cancelled<\/span><\/a> in-person classes. Last summer, DMACC <a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmoinesregister.com\/story\/news\/education\/2020\/06\/23\/dmacc-offer-person-classes-fall-students-must-wear-masks-des-moines-area-community-college\/3246333001\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span>announced<\/span><\/a> that it would offer in-person classes as well as online classes for the 2020 fall semester.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"29\"><\/p>\n<p>DMACC has not published details of the cyberattack, only saying on Facebook that it &#8220;required us to shut down parts of our network.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"33\"><\/p>\n<p>Rob Denson, the school&#8217;s president, said in a message posted on the site that the IT department is working with &#8220;outside cyber experts&#8221; to restore service and &#8220;determine what, if any, data was compromised.&#8221; Denson added that the FBI has joined the investigation.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"30\"><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;To date, we have no evidence that any student or faculty information has been acquired or is at risk as a result of this incident,&#8221; he wrote.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"30\"><\/p>\n<p>At this point, it&#8217;s not clear if this is a ransomware attack, nor which hacking group was behind it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"abc__textblock size--article\" data-component=\"TextBlock\" readability=\"32\"><\/p>\n<p>Mark Clark, the college&#8217;s executive director of information solutions, responded to an email asking whether this was ransomware and other specific questions about the incident referring to the official site, and saying that &#8220;we will address individual questions as soon as we 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