RANSOMWARE

MSUM Dealing With Ransomware Attack On Servers Since February 1st

MSUM has been dealing with a ransomware attack affecting some of the university's servers for more than two weeks

MOORHEAD, Minn. (KVRR) – MSUM has been dealing with a ransomware attack affecting some of the university’s servers for more than two weeks. The University says the IT team discovered that “a few servers” locked and encrypted by ransomware on February 1st. MSUM is still working to actively restore all affected servers. They University says its analysis indicates that the…

Cyber attack affects 60,000 Arvig customers in Minnesota

PERHAM, Minn. (KVRR-KDLM) – A ransomware attack on Tuesday left thousands of Minnesota customers without internet, phone and TV services. Arvig says about 60,000 customers across the state were affected. The company says service was disrupted service for more than three hours. “This attack failed due to the extra layers of protection implemented by Arvig’s cybersecurity team,” according to the…