According to a report, the Richard Community School in Michigan was hacked over the winter holidays. The school’s server was encrypted by the hacker using ransomware attack. The hackers are now demanding $10,000 worth of Bitcoin before they will restore the server. It was revealed by the school’s IT department that this incident took place on December 27.

The school’s IT department immediately shut down the server after discovering the hack. They made sure that, the back servers had not been compromised. The school has informed the Michigan Police and investigations are underway to track down the hacker.

The hack had affected the school’s telephones, classroom technology and copiers, among others. However, no student or staff’s personal information was compromised, according to the school. It expects the server to be back up and running before academic activities resume next week.

This ransomware attack on the Michigan District School was not the first of its kind. There have been several incidents reported from around the world. The hackers usually target schools, hospitals, and local businesses.

Three schools in New York faced similar attacks last year. The Mexican state-owned petroleum company, Pemex, also suffered a similar attack where hackers were demanding $5 million in BTC to decrypt the server in November last year.

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