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The Academy

organisation:the_academy Also: Academy

A UK private high school, referred to by the pseudonym “the Academy,” where Adam worked in IT and later conducted a destructive intrusion.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing USES Office 365 Explicit 113
outgoing USES Active Directory Explicit 113
outgoing USES SharePoint Explicit 113
outgoing USES Skype Explicit 113
outgoing USES Microsoft Teams Explicit 113
incoming MEMBER_OF Adam Georgeson Explicit 113
incoming COMPROMISES Academy network attack Explicit 113

Claims

Adam Georgeson MEMBER_OF The Academy

Adam worked as an IT apprentice and technician at The Academy before being dismissed.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 113 Details

“The job was to do IT work at the Academy.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 11619–11660

The Academy USES Office 365

The Academy used Office 365 to manage its network, users, and email.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 113 Details

“This is the tool the Academy used to manage the school’s network, like usernames and e-mail boxes and that sort of thing.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 21065–21186

The Academy USES Active Directory

The Academy used Active Directory as part of its network administration.

Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 113 Details

“look at and configure the Active Directory settings”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 22097–22148

The Academy USES SharePoint

The Academy used SharePoint, which later became unavailable during the attack.

Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 113 Details

“SharePoint was down, e-mails were down”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 36264–36302

The Academy USES Skype

Skype was configured through the Academy’s Office 365 environment.

Explicit Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 113 Details

“configure Skype, see SharePoint sites”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 22054–22091

The Academy USES Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Teams was used for messaging at the Academy.

Explicit Confidence 88% · Jack Rhysider EP 113 Details

“read messages on Teams and Slack without people knowing”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 20217–20272

Academy network attack COMPROMISES The Academy

The attack compromised and destroyed The Academy’s network infrastructure.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 113 Details

“Adam had obliterated the Academy’s whole infrastructure”