LA college caves in, pays $28,000 ransomware demand

Symantec. A school in Los Angeles has made the decision to hand over $28,000 to cyberattackers to regain access to locked computer systems infected with ransomware. Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) school, the Los Angeles Valley College (LAVC), was targeted by a strain of ransomware…

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