A survey from the cybersecurity firm Kaspersky found that 72% of parents of school-aged kids would support schools paying to avoid the leaks of stolen data.
"There was no other choice," officials from the Judson Independent School District in Bexar County, Texas, said about their decision to pay off their hackers.
A teacher at Yung Wing School P.S. 124, goes over a lesson with summer program students on July 22, 2021 in New York City. (Michael Loccisano / Getty Images)