Ransomware Attack on U.S. University Sends Students Home | #malware | #ransomware

Hundreds of school districts and college campuses in the U.S. are staving off ransomware, with one attack forcing a closure. But first…

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After hackers shutter a college, who’s next?

An Illinois college’s coup de grâce came from perhaps the least likely of places: a ransomware attack.

Lincoln College, about 40 minutes northeast of Springfield, had already fallen on hard times. The …