Community College of Beaver County
Attack Intelligence
Community College of Beaver County was compromised in a ransomware attack attributed to interlock in April 2026. The organization, operating in the Education sector in United States, was added to the group's data leak site as part of an extortion campaign.
interlock operates as a financially motivated ransomware-as-a-service (RaaS) operation, exfiltrating sensitive data and threatening public disclosure to pressure victims into paying ransom demands.
https://ccbc.edu The college serves a diverse student body, including recent high school graduates, adult learners, and those seeking career advancement. By focusing heavily on workforce development but neglecting its security, the college compromised hundreds of records containing personal and confidential information, as well as financial documents, projects, and contracts, which were subsequently leaked to the public.
Intelligence correlations link this incident to 1 vulnerability(ies) including CVE-2026-20131, which may have been leveraged as initial access vectors or for lateral movement.