Ransomware with physical impact!
Pawtucketville Memorial Elementary School of Lowell, MA, released its indoor air quality assessment, prepared by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
Mold growth in the elementary school caused a delay in its opening due to “conditions that appear to have to have been brought on this past summer by a combination of lack of heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) system controls, due to a cyberattack of the City of Lowell’s computer systems.”
This is just one of a number of schools that have suffered structural and environmental damage due to ransomware. Others, including in a school district in Ohio were forced to cancel classes due to a TrickBot infection that required the re-imaging of 1,000 computers and laptops.