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More than 300,000 files were dumped online in March after the 36,000-student Minneapolis Public Schools refused to pay a $1 million ransom.

Ransomware gangs have been stealing confidential documents from schools and dumping them online

Rich in digitized data, the nations schools are prime targets for far-flung criminal hackers, who are assiduously locating and scooping up sensitive files.

The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. Unlike for hospitals, no federal law exists to require notification from schools.

The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalisations, abusive parents, truancy even suicide attempts.

Over 300,000 personal files were stolen from a Minneapolis schools' database. The school refused to pay a $1 million ransom before all of the files were stolen.

The details include allegations of sexual assault, truancy records and notes about abusive parents, all exposed after hackers stole data from school districts.

Ransomware: Complete sexual assault case folios containing these details were among more than 300,000 files dumped online in March after the 36,000-student Minneapolis Public Schools refused to pay a $1 million ransom. Other exposed data included medical records, discrimination complaints, Social Security numbers and contact information of district employees.

The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic.