Incident analysis
Conseil scolaire Viamonde was listed by Termite ransomware, a group with 57 victims recorded in this database. The listing appeared on the group's leak site on November 17, 2024.
Conseil scolaire Viamonde is based in Canada and operates in the Education sector. Canada ranks #3 worldwide for ransomware disclosures, with 978 victims in this database.
Sector context. Educational institutions often have under-resourced IT security teams and hold large amounts of student and faculty personal data, making them attractive targets for ransomware groups.
Termite typically follows a double extortion model: data is exfiltrated from the victim's systems before files are encrypted, so the victim faces two demands at once — pay to restore access, and pay to keep stolen data unpublished. The leak site, where this listing appeared, is the lever for the second demand.