In September, the Columbia Falls School district in Montana closed more than 30 schools for three days after the Dark Overlord stole data from the district server. Iowa is just one in a worrisome string of school hacks that resulted in threats of violence to children attending those school. Why attack schools and threaten kids? “We’re escalating the intensity of our strategy in response to the FBI’s persistence in persuading clients away from us,” a hacker from the group told The Daily Beast. With the student directory from JCSD we released, any child predator can now easily acquire new targets and even plan based on grade level. The now-deleted post included “student names, addresses and telephone numbers.” The better to help child predators, they claimed. The next day, the Dark Overlord dumped the stolen data on Pastebin. We're now publicly claiming responsibility for the threats that resulted in the closure of JCSD in Iowa and 7.200 children without school. 4, the Dark Overlord publicly claimed responsibility, tweeting: Don’t have anyone look outside.” When the parent told them to stop, the response was, “I’m only getting started.”Īnother threat read, “I’m going to kill some kids at your son’s high school.”Īlso on Oct. One read: “Your child is still so innocent. Some of the text messages were shared with the media. In response, the district district closed schools for one day and delayed classes by two hours on Oct. 2, the Dark Overlord hacked Johnston Community School District in Iowa and used the pilfered student data to send out threatening text messages to their parents. Now, it is targeting schools and scaring the snot out of parents by sending personalized text messages threatening their kids. The same group tried to sell millions of pilfered healthcare records and was responsible for other attacks such as on Gorilla Glue and an Indiana cancer service agency. The hacking group responsible is the Dark Overlord, the group that leaked new Orange Is the New Black episodes because Netflix didn’t pay a ransom. Last year, creepy clowns caused panic and school lockdowns, but this year it is hackers threatening kids that has resulted in school closings across several states.

Bad weather, natural disasters and the like can result in school closings, but some districts do shut school doors for other “credible” threats.

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