Even small communities can become targets of sophisticated cybercriminals, as we learned last week after a ransomware scheme closed schools in Oneonta for two days as district officials and law enforcement investigated the cyberattack.According to the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, ransomware is a form of computer malware that encrypts files on a device, rendering the files and any systems that rely on them unusable.
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