A ransomware attack at New York City’s Monroe College has shutdown the college’s computer systems at campuses in Manhattan, New Rochelle and St. Lucia. The attackers are asking for 170 bitcoins or approximately $2 million dollars in order to decrypt the entire college’s network. The college has not indicated at this time whether they will be paying the ransom or restoring from backups while gradually bringing their network back online. The outage has also brought down the web site at https://www.monroecollege.edu/. When visiting the college website, users will be shown a blank page or a 504 error depending on the browser.
Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/monroe-college-hit-with-ransomware-2-million-demanded/