The ransomware in question is Ryuk, the same ransomware that breached Mineola’s school district in early August and several other districts’ servers. The Rockville Centre school’s insurance paid nearly 100k and can restore all of their data within the next few weeks whereas the Mineola school district had an offline backup that kept them from paying the hackers.
The National Cyber Security Alliance reports that one in five small businesses have been victims of cybercrime in the last year.
By some estimates, including one reported in Media Planet, more than half of small businesses have had their data compromised. According to StaySafeOnline.org, these attacks, targeting small to midsize companies, now comprise over 70% of all data breaches.
In a world of rampant cybercrime, hackers thrive on the blind faith of their targets. Despite high-profile digital security breaches showing up in the news nearly every week, most people assume they’re safe from attack.