District of Columbia Public Schools
● Listed in the last 48hAbout the organisation
[AI generated] District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) is a public school district serving Washington, D.C., USA. It operates as the primary government-run K-12 educational system for the nation's capital, overseeing dozens of schools, thousands of students, and a large workforce of educators and administrators. DCPS falls under the education sector and is governed by the D.C. government, focusing on curriculum development, student achievement, and community engagement.
What the listing means
District of Columbia Public Schools appeared on the ExfilSquad leak site on 26 July 2026. Groups publish a victim once negotiations stall or as pressure during them, so a listing usually means data was already exfiltrated. This group has published 14 claims in the last 30 days and remains active.
Recommended actions
- Treat any unsolicited message referencing District of Columbia Public Schools as suspicious — leaked data gets weaponised for phishing within days.
- If you hold an account on dcps.dc.gov, change that password now, update it anywhere you reused it, and enable two-factor authentication.
- Other Education organisations should review this group's known TTPs and validate detection coverage against them.
- Watch for follow-on extortion: stolen data is often re-leaked or resold after the initial listing.
- A leak-site listing is a claim made by the attacker, not a confirmed breach — check the organisation's own disclosures before acting on it.
Leak-site evidence
Listing URL https://www.ransomware.live/id/RGlzdHJpY3Qgb2YgQ29sdW1iaWEgUHVibGljIFNjaG9vbHNARXhmaWxTcXV...