Even small organizations can become an appealing target for ransomware operators. This happens when sensitive data is at stake, such as health information or personal details.

A special needs school that experienced a ransomware campaign stored both types of data, which endangered the school’s pupils, reputation, and finances.

To make matters worse, the school could not afford the necessary stack of defense solutions or a full-time team of cybersecurity professionals with expertise in addressing sophisticated attacks.

When ransomware strikes, the decision time makes a difference. Group-IB’s Incident Response team stepped in just in time and helped the school to stop the ongoing ransomware campaign and shore up its defenses.

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