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The confidential documents stolen from schools and dumped online by ransomware gangs are raw, intimate and graphic. They describe student sexual assaults, psychiatric hospitalizations, abusive<a class="excerpt-read-more" href="https://whdh.com/news/ransomware-criminals-are-dumping-kids-private-files-online-after-school-hacks/">Read More</a>
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 nation's 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.