It's a sign of the times. Now you can insure yourself against paying ransom.
Say what?
Yes, insurance exists to protect your data. In fact, Dorchester County School District 2 was reimbursed this summer for paying $2900 in ransom to regain access to the data on 24 of 25 servers affected, approximately 40 percent of its total servers. Its "insurance coverage" funded the payment. The district is reconstructing the data not regained using hard copy and other details from those affected.
In other words, DD2 was hacked.
"During the investigation, district officials contacted the S.C. Department of Education's chief security officer, the State Law Enforcement Division and other law enforcement agencies, as well as attorneys for help with the situation, the report said."
"Officials approved a security assessment contract with a "technology solution company," the report said. The company has identified weaknesses in the system and is expected to make recommendations during a mid-September school board meeting on how to shore them up."
Weaknesses in the system? That should be an interesting meeting. Of course, no one's job will be affected.
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