Security News > 2016 > August > UK universities hit repeatedly with ransomware, one over 21 times! (Help Net Security)
63 percent of UK universities have been hit by ransomware – most of them multiple times, and Bournemouth University a total of 21 times in the last year, SentinelOne has found. The company has filed Freedom of Information requests for 71 UK universities, and 58 replied. Their answers were enough to paint this picture: The overwhelming majority of them use antivirus solutions, but they have failed to block the ransomware Only Brunel university contacted law … More →
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