Large Florida school district hit by ransomware attack, hackers demanded $40M - News Summed Up

Large Florida school district hit by ransomware attack, hackers demanded $40M


SECOND FLORIDA CITY DECIDES TO PAY RANSOMWARE HACKERSThe Fort Lauderdale-based district said it is working with cybersecurity experts "to investigate the incident and remediate affected systems. With 271,000 students, Broward is the nation’s sixth-largest school district with an annual budget of about $4 billion — a fact the hackers kept returning to as they demanded $40 million, to be paid in cryptocurrency. "This is a PUBLIC school district," the Broward negotiator replied. Public school districts have been frequent targets of ransomware attacks. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP"What do you mean about a royal family ... we are a public school district," the negotiator replied.


Source: Fox News April 02, 2021 20:03 UTC



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