Ransomware gangs have been stealing confidential documents from schools and dumping them online. The Associated Press reached families of six students whose sexual assault case files were exposed. The lasting legacy of school ransomware attacks, it turns out, is not in school closures, recovery costs or even soaring cyberinsurance premiums. The public disclosure of psychological records or sexual assault case files, complete with students’ names, can fray psyches and thwart careers, psychologists say. It’s already too late for the mother of one of the Minneapolis students whose confidential sexual assault complaint was released online.

Source: ABC News July 05, 2023 08:39 UTC