Computer virus requires Horry County Schools pay hacker $8,000

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原文：http://wbtw.com/2016/02/11/compu ... ls-pay-hacker-8000/

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CONWAY, SC (WBTW)-          Several of Horry County school district’s servers had to be shut down after a ransom computer virus got into the system. Now schools officials are working with state and federal investigators to determine what to do next.

Spokesperson Teal Harding says they found out about the virus Monday morning and immediately shut down the district’s servers to prevent it from spreading.

According to Harding, the virus requires a cryptic key to unlock information and the only way to get that key is by paying $8,000. State and federal law enforcement are currently investigating the virus. It is believed to have originated in an old piece of software, which the district only no longer uses.

In the meantime, Harding says the technology department has been working around the clock to re-open servers unaffected by the virus. She wants to assure parents that no personal information has been compromised.

“We have very sophisticated firewalls and security systems, but it’s just like anything else the best system that you have is only as good as the next person to figure out how to break through it,” she stated.

Administration is still deciding whether to pay the $8,000, but Harding says the amount is small when you figure how many hours have already been spent trying to restore the system.

She says the district is considering extra security precautions to make sure this doesn’t happen again. Harding expects all of the servers to be up and running by the end of next week.

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康威，SC（WBTW）-几个霍里县学区的服务器必须关闭赎金计算机病毒进入系统后。现在学校官员正在与州和联邦调查人员一起决定下一步该怎么做。
发言人水鸭哈丁说他们发现了病毒的星期一早晨，立即关闭区的服务器来防止它的蔓延。
据哈丁说，该病毒需要一个神秘的密钥来解锁信息，唯一的方法得到的关键是通过支付8000美元。国家和联邦执法部门目前正在调查该病毒。它被认为是起源于一个古老的软件，该地区的唯一不再使用。
在此期间，哈丁说，技术部门一直在工作的时钟重新打开服务器不受病毒。她想向父母保证，没有个人信息被泄露。
“我们有非常先进的防火墙和安全系统，但它只是像其他任何最好的系统，你所拥有的是只有一样好的下一个人，以找出如何突破它，”她说。
政府仍在决定是否支付8000美元，但哈丁说，这一数额是很小的，当你的数字已经花费了多少小时，试图恢复系统。
她说，该地区正在考虑额外的安全防范措施，以确保这不会再次发生。哈丁希望所有的服务器都在下周末结束运行。

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wwdboy

自作孽不可活，估计这病毒快废了

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