Topic: [2016-06-09] University Pays $20,000 in Bitcoin to Hackers (Read 217 times)
But still the schools computers are locked and they have paid the ransom. You think they will ever get access again?
University Pays $20,000 in Bitcoin to Hackers
A Canadian university has paid bitcoin to malicious hackers to restore its computer systems after it became the subject of a cyberattack that denied access to its data.
The University of Calgary paid a ransom amounting to $20,000 Canadian dollars worth of bitcoins in order to obtain the keys or methods of decryption to restore its data.
Linda Dalgetty, the school’s vice-president of finances and services, said in a message released on the UT website that the cyberattack, which crippled multiple systems on May 28, used ransomware, which locks or encrypts computer networks until a ransom is paid.
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/university-pays-20000-in-bitcoins-to-hackers/
A Canadian university has paid bitcoin to malicious hackers to restore its computer systems after it became the subject of a cyberattack that denied access to its data.
The University of Calgary paid a ransom amounting to $20,000 Canadian dollars worth of bitcoins in order to obtain the keys or methods of decryption to restore its data.
Linda Dalgetty, the school’s vice-president of finances and services, said in a message released on the UT website that the cyberattack, which crippled multiple systems on May 28, used ransomware, which locks or encrypts computer networks until a ransom is paid.
https://www.cryptocoinsnews.com/university-pays-20000-in-bitcoins-to-hackers/
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