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2017 Comes to a Close, But Ransomware is Still Booming

Kayla Elliott / December 18, 2017

New Ransomware Attacks Target Schools and Public Municipalities In the last week, two school districts have released statements confirming ransomware infections throughout their systems. The first, Proctor School District, located in Duluth, Minnesota, reported the infection impacted middle school and high school computers that were left on over the weekend. The ransomware variant that infiltrated […]

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Why Ransomware is Targeting Education Sector

Kayla Elliott / December 14, 2017

The Education Sector has Major Target on Their Backs… Ransomware has been targeting educational institutions over the last twelve months. In January of 2017, the Los Angeles Community College District was hit with ransomware, and paid the hackers $28,000 to decrypt their files. Months later, Dorchester School District Two was infected with ransomware, and paid $2,900 to

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16k Patient Files Corrupted After New Jersey Medical Center Hit With Ransomware

Kayla Elliott / December 12, 2017

Ransomware Took Out New Jersey Medical Facilities Files In September, ransomware corrupted the Hackensack Sleep and Pulmonary Center’s systems. The ransomware variant that infiltrated the system was not released, nor was the ransom demand. However, according to Healthcare IT News, the medical center had prepared for cyber attacks and were able to effectively restore their systems

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Village of Nashotah Pays Hackers $2K to Recover Files

Kayla Elliott / December 11, 2017

Wisconsin Village Pays Thousands After Ransomware Infects Files The Village of Nashotah, located in Wisconsin, is recovering from a recent ransomware attack. Ransomware, the malicious software the locks files and then sends victims a payment demand to unlock the files, has been an increasingly popular tool for cyber criminals. The specific ransomware variant that took

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Months After Attack Ohio Fire and EMS Station Remains Without Data

Kayla Elliott / December 8, 2017

Ransomware Took Out Years of Data from Ohio Fire and EMS Station The Mad River Twp. Fire and EMS station is currently without years of data, after a ransomware attack infected their systems in August. The Mad River Twp. Fire and EMS station is located in Enon, Ohio. Officials reported the encrypted data does not

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North Carolina County Office May Pay $23k Ransom Demands

Kayla Elliott / December 6, 2017

Ransomware Takes North Carolina Mecklenburg County Offices Offline Update 12/7/2017 – County officials have reported they do not plan to pay the $23,000 ransom. Instead, they will use backup files to restore the encrypted data. It is unknown how long servers will remain offline to remediate the issues. The Mecklenburg County offices, located in Charlotte, North

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Ransomware Impacts Over 3K Patient Files at Minneapolis Clinic

Kayla Elliott / December 5, 2017

Ransomware Leaves Patient Files Exposed A recent ransomware attack on the Colorado Center of Reproductive Medicine (CCRM) impacted approximately 3,300 patient files within the Minneapolis, Minnesota location. Fortunately, none of the other CCRM branch offices were impacted. Officials have reported there is no evidence the patient information that may have been taken by the hackers

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39 Texas School Districts Impacted by a Single Ransomware Infection

Kayla Elliott / December 4, 2017

Ransomware Attacks Texas Department of Agriculture In October the Texas Department of Agriculture was hit with an unknown ransomware variant. The malicious software was able to infiltrate the system through an employee’s computer. Although the ransomware was detected quickly, it was still able to encrypt files and compromise student data from area schools. Since the

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Scarab Ransomware Distributed to Over 12.5M Email Accounts

Kayla Elliott / November 28, 2017

Scarab Ransomware Explodes Worldwide A new ransomware variant, deemed Scarab, began taking the world by storm earlier this month. The new variant was first discovered on November 23, 2017. Since being discovered, it is believed the ransomware was sent to over 12,500,000 different email accounts. The emails distributed included the ransomware in a .zip file,

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Ransomware Hackers Delete 30M Files From Sacramento Regional Transit

Kayla Elliott / November 22, 2017

Millions of Files Deleted After Ransomware Hit On the evening of November 18, 2017, the Sacramento Regional Transit systems were hit with ransomware. The initial red flag was when the hackers defaced the Sacramento Regional Transit website. According to the Sacramento Bee, when visitors would attempt to access the website, they would instead get a

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