{"id":1080594,"date":"2021-12-11T08:12:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-11T14:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1080594"},"modified":"2021-12-13T12:42:40","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T18:42:40","slug":"whitehouse-isd-students-information-may-have-been-accessed-after-ransomware-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1080594","title":{"rendered":"Whitehouse ISD information may have been accessed after ransomware attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-1080600\" src=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/12\/WISD-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>WHITEHOUSE &#8212; Whitehouse ISD said students\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 personal information may have been accessed after the district experienced a ransomware attack on June 14. According to our news partner KETK, the Federal Bureau of Investigation contacted the school district in June about how they were a potential target of a cyber attack. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Your minor child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name, social security number, health information and date of birth may have been impacted,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d wrote Whitehouse ISD Superintendent Christopher Moran in a letter to parents. Whitehouse ISD was not able to access some of their computers due to the incident, so they started an investigation with the help of third-party forensic specialists.<!--more--> The district added, they are notifying those who were impacted so they may take additional steps to protect their information. Families will also have access to Kroll to receive identity monitoring services for free for 24 months.<\/p>\n<p>\u00e2\u20ac\u0153The confidentiality, privacy and security of personal information in our care is among Whitehouse ISD\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s highest priorities,\u00e2\u20ac\u009d said the district. Officials are encouraging people to stay alert in case they notice identity fraud. People should review their account statements and free credit reports for suspicious activity. Families may find more information about identity theft, fraud alerts, credit freezes and protect their information by contacting consumer reporting bureaus, the Federal Trade Commission or the Texas Attorney General.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHITEHOUSE &#8212; Whitehouse ISD said students\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 personal information may have been accessed after the district experienced a ransomware attack on June 14. According to our news partner KETK, the Federal Bureau of Investigation contacted the school district in June about how they were a potential target of a cyber attack. \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Your minor child\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s name, social &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=1080594\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Whitehouse ISD information may have been accessed after ransomware attack<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":1080603,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/12\/WISD-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Whitehouse ISD students\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 information may have been accessed after ransomware attack","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1080594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 12:43:14","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/12\/WISD-150x150.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"Whitehouse ISD students\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 information may have been accessed after ransomware attack","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080594","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1080594"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1080604,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1080594\/revisions\/1080604"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1080603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1080594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1080594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1080594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}