A Los Angeles college reportedly paid hackers a sum of
$28,000 ransom after they found themselves in a sticky situation.
The cyberattack kept all
students and faculty locked out of their
accounts.
The Los Angeles Valley College, The Valley Star
school newspaper, reported the whole event
"hackers
locked students and staff out of files, emails
and messaging systems and threatened to
delete everything if the ransom wasn’t paid
within a week."
The school took the easier way out and paid the
fee in bitcoins after it determined that it was the
cheaper alternative than to remove the hackers’
ransomware virus.
A cybersecurity expert, evaluated the situation and reveled that the school didn’t really
have much of an option. He also added that
"operations like the one Los Angeles Valley
College experienced is common because the
hackers are based in Eastern Europe with
countries the US doesn’t do any business with and they can’t be stopped until our country and their
country come to an agreement on stopping it,”
$28,000 ransom after they found themselves in a sticky situation.
The cyberattack kept all
students and faculty locked out of their
accounts.
The Los Angeles Valley College, The Valley Star
school newspaper, reported the whole event
"hackers
locked students and staff out of files, emails
and messaging systems and threatened to
delete everything if the ransom wasn’t paid
within a week."
The school took the easier way out and paid the
fee in bitcoins after it determined that it was the
cheaper alternative than to remove the hackers’
ransomware virus.
A cybersecurity expert, evaluated the situation and reveled that the school didn’t really
have much of an option. He also added that
"operations like the one Los Angeles Valley
College experienced is common because the
hackers are based in Eastern Europe with
countries the US doesn’t do any business with and they can’t be stopped until our country and their
country come to an agreement on stopping it,”
The Valley College paid the ransom within three days after the hack.
The school used a so-
called cyber-insurance policy to pay the fee.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of
cybercrimes is still investigating the incident.
The school used a so-
called cyber-insurance policy to pay the fee.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of
cybercrimes is still investigating the incident.
