| Attack Date | Entity | Location | Entity Type | Ransom Paid | Amount Paid | FOIA Req | AV Before | AV After |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-07 | Somerset Berkley Regional High Schools | Somerset, Massachusetts | Education | Unknown | $ | |||
| 2019-11 | Chicopee School District | Chicopee, Massachusetts | Education | Unknown | $ | Malwarebytes, Symantec | Malwarebytes, Symantec | |
| 2019-10 | Foxborough Regional Charter School | Foxborough, Massachusetts | Education | Unknown | $ | McAfee | ||
| 2019-09 | City of New Bedford | New Bedford, Massachusetts | Municipality | No | $ | |||
| 2019-04 | ResiDex Software | Boston, Massachusetts | Medical | Unknown | $ | N/A | ||
| 2018-04 | Rockport Town Office | Rockport, Massachusetts | Municipality | No | $ | Yes | ||
| 2018-04 | Leominster Schools | Leominster, Massachusetts | Education | Yes | $10000 | Yes | ||
| 2017-06 | Nuance Communications | Burlington, Massachusetts | Other | Unknown | $ | N/A | ||
| 2017-03 | Boylston Public Television | Boylston, Massachusetts | Municipality | No | $ | Yes | ||
| 2016-04 | Massachusetts Police Department | Tewksbury, Massachusetts | Law Enforcement | Yes | $500 | Yes | ||
| Rockland Public School District | Rockland, MA | Education | Unknown | $ | ||||
| Haverhill Public Schools | Haverhill, MA | Education | Unknown | $ | ||||
| Steamship Authority | Cape Cod, MA | Business | Unknown | $ | ||||
| Exagrid | Marlborough, MA | Business | Yes | $25000000 | ||||
| City of Lawrence | Lawrence, MA | Government | Yes | $ | ||||
| Bose | Framingham, MA | Business | Unknown | $ |
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