School District Pays $10,000 Bitcoin Ransom After Cyberattack

LEOMINSTER, Mass. (CBSNEWS) –  A Massachusetts school district was waiting Friday for its computer system to be “unlocked” after it paid a $10,000 bitcoin ransom to hackers following a cyberattack on its system. And despite the nefarious nature of the school system’s lockdown, there is no criminal investigation into the matter because solving this crime is “impossible,” said Interim Leominster Police Chief Michael Goldman.
“It’s something that