The University of Utah has admitted to handing over a six-figure pile of cash to scumbags to undo a ransomware infection during which student and staff information was stolen by hackers.
The American school that gave the world science fiction author Orson Scott Card, ballistic missile designer Simon Ramo, and NBA player Keith Van Horn says that last month it paid crooks $457,059.24 to reverse an attack on the network of its College of Social and Behavioral Science.
While there wasn't much data stolen in the July 19 attack (the school estimates that around .02 per cent of its info was actually taken and encrypted) what was accessed was sensitive enough that the school opted not to risk having it get out.
"After careful consideration, the university decided to work with its cyber ..
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