Alberta college fends off 'ransomware type of attack' by locking down computer systems

Tuesday, June 21, 2016 - 17:31 in Mathematics & Economics

Red Deer College says it managed to ward off a ransomware attack last Friday after an employee downloaded an infected file but quickly noticed something was amiss and alerted the school's IT help desk.

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