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Virginia's Largest School System Hit With Ransomware
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9/15/2020 | 8:05:54 AM
Wow, it does not matter who they attack
Fairfax County is not only the largest but it is one of the richest school systems in VA.

Maybe I can share something with the group that would shed some light. Since Ransomware was created at Columbia University, why don't we ask or suggest a way to the creator of the "CryptoViral Exploit" if there is a way to mitigate the attack at the ISP or IDS/IPS layer.

I know a large number of companies are doing this but it seems their solutions (I cannot speak for InterceptX or DeepLearning with Carbon Black - I have not tested it with those solutions) are not stopping the attacks. At some point we need to go back to the drawing board to figure out the problem, just saying.

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