{"id":59014,"date":"2018-04-13T11:22:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T16:22:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=59014"},"modified":"2018-04-13T11:22:34","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T16:22:34","slug":"unknown-malware-riddles-california-college","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/unknown-malware-riddles-california-college\/","title":{"rendered":"Unknown Malware Takes Down California College"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>California College Suffers Cyber Attack<\/h3>\n<p>On April 11, 2018, the Long Beach City College suffered a malware infection which took several systems offline.\u00a0 Forty-eight hours later, multiple systems remain impacted.\u00a0 According to the California college&#8217;s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lbcc.edu\/post\/system-wide-technical-issues\">website<\/a>, those services include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>LBCC.edu faculty and staff email<\/li>\n<li>LBCC Student Viking Student System<\/li>\n<li>Voicemail<\/li>\n<li>HR 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