SingularityMD

Primary motivation
financial-gain
Sophistication
intermediate
Resource level
team
Actor type
criminal
Profile updated
2026-07-07 12:08:09

Targeted industries: education-and-nonprofits

Targeted regions: country_code:us

Context

SingularityMD is a threat actor group that has targeted educational institutions in the US. They gained unauthorized access to their networks by exploiting weak security practices, such as using students' dates of birth as passwords. SingularityMD demanded a ransom in cryptocurrency and threatened to leak stolen information if not paid. They have demonstrated a willingness to follow through on their threats and have already leaked some data.

Reports & references

  • databreaches.net — Jeffco Public Schools Hit By The Same Threat Actors That Hit Clark County School District And Via The Same Way (report)
  • research.checkpoint.com — 30Th October Threat Intelligence Report (report)
  • databreaches.net — Hackers Escalate Leak 200K Ccsd Students Data Claim To Still Have Access To Ccsd Email System (report)

External references