Houston School District Forced to Negotiate with Hackers

Government Technology: The ransom negotiations began in mid-March.

Hackers had locked Sheldon ISD officials out of some of its most crucial software servers, encrypting data that helped keep the district’s business operations running. Employees’ bank account information, salary data, email communications, systems that enabled key fobs to open doors to campuses, even security camera systems were compromised.

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