On June 25, 2017, Calallen Independent School District found themselves in a heap of trouble. \u00a0Officials began noticing something was wrong with their email systems, and quickly learned ransomware had infiltrated their networks.<\/p>\n
The exact variant of ransomware that hit the school district is uncertain. \u00a0However, officials did report the ransom demand was for $500. \u00a0Reports do not confirm if the ransom demand was paid. \u00a0However, KRIS TV<\/a> stated IT personnel was able to isolate the infection and rebuild infected servers. \u00a0It is uncertain if the rebuild process was done within the IT department, or if a decryption key was purchased to unlock the server. \u00a0It took two days for the school’s email system to become functional again.<\/p>\n Calallen School looked deeper into the attack to determine if a potential breach occurred. \u00a0The school disclosed,<\/p>\n “…data had not been compromised or left their networks during the incident.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n To see a full list of ransomware attacks that have taken place in 2017, you can click here<\/a>. We have also created a ransomware map, see below, of the ransomware attacks that have taken place in the U.S.Ransomware Attacks<\/h4>\n
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