During the week of April 16,,\u00a02018, hackers infiltrated the networks of Leominster Schools, leaving information inaccessible to student and staff.\u00a0\u00a0On Friday, April 20th, officials decided to pay the $10,000 ransom demands via bitcoin.\u00a0\u00a0Massachusetts officials have stated<\/a>, as of April 26th, they have yet to gain access to their encrypted data.\u00a0\u00a0Although, school officials believe they will have access to their systems \u201cvery soon\u201d, and blame the delay on the digital currency process.<\/p>\n Paying the ransom demand is never a good idea.\u00a0 They’ve forked out thousands of dollars, and have yet to see a resolution to their problem.\u00a0 Processing a bitcoin payment shouldn’t take a week.\u00a0 So, what is the real hold up?\u00a0 We want to know what you think — will they get their data back?<\/p>\n [poll id=”61″]<\/p>\n Reports<\/a> have suggested, no personal data of students or staff has been leaked from the systems as a result of this cyber attack.\u00a0 At this time, the ransomware variant has not been disclosed.<\/p>\n For a list of ransomware attacks that have already taken place in 2018, you may click here<\/a>. We have also created a map, see below, of the ransomware attacks that have taken place in the U.S.Other Ransomware Attacks<\/h4>\n
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