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Direct linkAlexander, Charles – ProQuest LLC, 2018
Encryption based ransomware operates by iterating through all files with specific extensions on the computer and mutating them into an unusable form. The mutation, in many cases, can only be reversed if the user pays the operator of the ransomware a fee to get their files back. K-12 school districts have fallen victim to rampant malware as a…
Descriptors: Computer Security, School Districts, Elementary Secondary Education, Computer Uses in Education
