Sentences with phrase «by ransomware viruses»

Ken Corish, online safety director at the education tech charity, South West Grid for Learning, said «more and more schools» had been hit by ransomware viruses that encrypted sensitive data before the hackers demanded payment to get it back.

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I've just been conditioned by years of spam, spoof emails, viruses, ransomware and other hacking attacks that always seem to start with a kind invitation from those parts of the world.
A few months ago, our kids» school district, one of the largest in South Carolina, was hit with a virus that spread «ransomware,» a malicious software designed to block computer systems by encrypting the data in which the attackers gain access.
Known viruses and ransomware are deleted the moment they're downloaded, and downloads by unverified publishers are flagged.
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