The Minneapolis public school district is now warning families after its system was hit by an encryption virus. Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) on Wednesday urged caution about receiving, interacting ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- Minneapolis Public School officials say their network was infected with an encryption virus earlier this week in an incident that led the district to cancel all after school activities.

In an update Thursday, Minneapolis Public Schools said it is “working to further enhance the security of MPS systems by reviewing our policies and procedures” after personal data was accessed during ...

A previously unknown piece of ransomware, dubbed ShrinkLocker, encrypts victim data using the BitLocker feature built into the Windows operating system. BitLocker is a full-volume encryptor that ...

Some Internet security companies are warning about the dangers they say exist from a new level of cyber attacks based on dynamic code obfuscation. However, makers of top-rated antivirus protection ...

Minneapolis Public Schools urging families to monitor financial accounts after cyberattack The district's network was infected with an encryption virus and a "threat actor" may have had access to data ...