Ransomware, or malicious software that locks data and demands a payment to unlock it, isn’t something uncommon.\u00a0 Unfortunately, ransomware has become one of today’s largest cyber security threats.\u00a0 Therefore, it should come as no surprise that yet another ransomware attack has hit Canadian college, University of Fraser Valley.\u00a0 Although, these hackers are taking things one step further.\u00a0 According to officials<\/a>, the cyber criminals sent out an email to several students including 29 different students’ personal information.\u00a0 This information included names, addresses, grades and course data.\u00a0 Hackers then informed the university, additional student files would be exposed of the college failed to pay the $30,000 ransom within the next 48 hours.\u00a0 This notification was sent on November 1, 2017.<\/p>\n The university took their systems offline temporarily in an attempt to identify and remove the malware.\u00a0 As of today, November 6th, web services and student email services were going to be brought back online through a phased approach.\u00a0\u00a0It is unclear if the college paid the ransom to avoid further exploitation of students.<\/p>\n To see a full list of ransomware attacks that have taken place this year, 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.Other Ransomware Attacks<\/h4>\n
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