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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by VeejayRampay on Friday June 10, 2016 @04:26AM (#11875013)
People asking for ransoms are shady to begin with, but to target a university? That's past gangster, that's just wrong.
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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by nefitty on Friday June 10, 2016 @04:30AM (#11875026)
Universities? Try all the hospitals being targeted.
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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by digler999 on Friday June 10, 2016 @04:30AM (#11875030)
universities charge fees that are tantamount to "ransom" in order to get your degree. They aren't much better (at least US ones ) than the thieves.
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Re:University pays $20,000 to ransomware hackers by markdown on Friday June 10, 2016 @04:49AM (#11875097)
> US universities charge fees...

FTFY.

The University that this story is about is Canadian.

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