David Slone reports:
Wawasee Community School Corporation is dealing with a possible ransomware attack that began late last week.
Ransomware is a type of malicious software that is designed to block access to a computer system until money is paid.
According to a statement released to parents Friday, provided by Superintendent Dr. Steve Troyer to the Times-Union Monday night, at approximately 6 a.m. Friday Wawasee officials were alerted to a possible ransomware attack on one of the district’s computers.
Read more at Times Union.
h/t, Brett Callow
Correction: This post’s headline originally read NY, but Wawasee is in Syracuse, Indiana, not Syracuse, NY.