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Louisiana governor declares state emergency after local ransomware outbreak

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Louisiana governor declares state emergency after local ransomware outbreak

Three school districts were hit by ransomware in North Louisiana last week.

Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards has activated a statewide state of emergency in response to a wave of ransomware infections that have hit multiple school districts.

There’s gold in your servers, cash in your cloud.

All that data is stored in outdated network infrastructure, and that is more than an invitation.

The ransomware infections last week impacted the school districts of three North Louisiana parishes — Sabine, Morehouse, and Ouachita.IT networks are down at all three school districts, and files have been encrypted and are inaccessible, per local media outlets.

The first time was in Colorado in February 2018, when the Colorado Department of Transportation was forced to shut down operations because of an infection with the SamSam ransomware.

 

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