Balt. Co. Public Schools ransomware price tag nears $10 million

The cost of the ransomware attack on the Baltimore County Schools is now nearly $10 million.

That comes one year after the cyber attack crippled the school system.

WYPR received the latest cost of the ransomware attack from the school system after submitting a Freedom of Information Act request. As of November 12, it is almost $9.7 million.

The school system is expecting about $2 million of the overall cost to be covered by insurance...

...The county schools had to shut down for three days last year because of the cyberattack. They were closed the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and two days the following week. Since then, the school system has been rebuilding its computer network and putting in safeguards...

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