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Malware delayed semester start at Alabama community college
Classes began days late on Wednesday as Wallace State Community College and federal authorities investigate what took many of its systems offline.
Ransomware used HVAC to infect Michigan K-12 district
Students were told to stay home as staff at Richmond Community Schools work to restore functionality to heating, telephone and other critical systems.
Ransomware forces New Mexico school district to scrub 30,000 devices
Administrators declined to engage with their ransomers, opting instead to wipe the hard drives of 39 schools' computers one by one.
Wolcott, Conn., school district hit by second ransomware attack
Before the district could decide to pay the first ransom from an attack in June, administrators discovered a second attack earlier this month.
Ransomware shuts down classes, childcare centers in Flagstaff, Arizona
The district says it was forced to unplug and shut down classes, childcare centers, district preschools and an after-school program.
Ransomware hits school district outside Tulsa, Oklahoma
Administrators say they are refusing to pay ransom demands after a cyberattack locked up critical systems used by the K-12 district.
Student, family data exposed in Oregon State cyberattack
OSU officials say the data of 636 students, prospective students and family members was exposed to hackers engineering a phishing attack.
Ransomware hits K-12 district in Connecticut
Bridgeport Public Schools has lost access to district data but has not said whether it will pay the ransom asked of its data's captors.
Understanding unified threat management for higher education
Commentary: How UTM helps create a balance between functionality and security, without draining resources.
