No sector has been spared from ransomware incidents. In this report, we have one from the education sector and one from the government sector. Neither report specifies what type of ransomware or who the threat actors are. And neither one reports how much ransom has been demanded or whether the victim is refusing to pay.
In New York….
Kenneth C. Crowe II reports tha Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is dealing with a malware attack that resulted in the shutdown of much of its computer network right as the university’s students were preparing to go into final examinations for the spring semester. Citing a self-described faculty member posting on Reddit, Crowe reported:
“The RPI faculty have been given no information about this cyberattack beyond that curious unsigned announcement yesterday. We don’t know what happened, how serious the damage was, what is being done