{"id":57796,"date":"2017-09-05T11:04:06","date_gmt":"2017-09-05T16:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=57796"},"modified":"2017-09-05T11:04:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-05T16:04:06","slug":"ransomware-massachusetts-public-tv","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/ransomware-massachusetts-public-tv\/","title":{"rendered":"Ransomware Impacts Massachusetts Public Television for 6 Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Boylston Massachusetts Public Television Suffers for Five Months After Ransomware Hit<\/h4>\n<p>As of today, the Boylston public television channels and guides are back to normal. \u00a0In March, the station was hit with an unknown ransomware variant. \u00a0The ransom demand was not disclosed; however, it appears the demands were not met. \u00a0Six months after the attack, the network is getting everything back to normal. \u00a0Until last week, the online television guide displayed was from March. \u00a0Although, that has now been fixed. \u00a0It was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegram.com\/news\/20170902\/boylston-station-reboots-after-ransomware-attack\">reported<\/a>, the television channels have remained on-air.<\/p>\n<p>In an effort to remediate the issue, the station replaced their server. \u00a0Employees are still in the process of sorting thousands of video files. \u00a0An estimated 200 video files were encrypted with ransomware. \u00a0However, the station plans to replace those files through backups.<\/p>\n<h4>Other Ransomware Attacks<\/h4>\n<p>To see a full list of ransomware attacks that have taken place this year, you can click <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/09\/2017-ransomware-attacks\/\">here<\/a>. 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