Missouri School District Confronts Ransomware Without Paying
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Image: Shutterstock. Article by Sarah Ritter. March 31, 2021.
A ransomware attack caused a disruption last week for Park Hill School District in Kansas City, Mo., but the district opted to work with the FBI and recover on its own using backups instead of paying the ransom.
(TNS) — Park Hill officials confirmed Tuesday that a ransomware attack was the cause of the major system outage that forced the school district to cancel classes early last week.
Park Hill’s computer systems locked up on the morning of Sunday, March 21, and officials noticed that someone had encrypted several files to try to force the district to pay a ransom, said Derrick Unruh, director of technology. He said ransomware likely got into the district’s systems when […]
