Final exams canceled in US school district after ransomware attack cripples computers


Hackers use ransomware to encrypt data and render it useless until an online payment, or ransom, is made to regain access. — DARWIN LAGANZON/Pixabay

Tenafly Public Schools in the US went back to the basics this week — using overhead projectors, paper, pencils and hands-on activities in classrooms — when a ransomware attack crippled the district’s computer system.

Final exams were also cancelled for all of the district’s high school students as the Bergen County school district tries to get its system back online with the help of cybersecurity consultants, officials said.

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