School Ransomware Attack News Today

Buffalo, New York; Broward County, Florida; and now, Los Angeles, California. Across the United States, ransomware hackers are targeting schools at an unprecedented rate. In fact, 56% of the education sector experienced a school ransomware attack in 2021, according to a Sophos report. That’s nearly a 25% increase from the previous year. In this guide, The post How To Prevent A School Ransomware Attack appeared first on ManagedMethods.

Large Florida school district hit by ransomware attack TERRY SPENCER and FRANK BAJAK, Associated Press April 1, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The computer system of one of the nations largest school districts was hacked by a criminal gang that encrypted district data and demanded $40 million in ransom or it would erase the files and post students and employees personal information online. Broward County Public Schools said in a statement Thursday that there is no ind...