A Los Angeles college reportedly paid hackers a $28,000 ransom after a cyberattack kept students and faculty locked out of their accounts. Philip Lieberman, a cybersecurity expert, told CBS Los Angeles that the school didn’t really have much of an option. He added that operations like the one Los Angeles Valley College experienced is common because the hackers are based in Eastern European with countries the U.S. doesn’t do business with. The hack occurred on Jan. 3 and Los Angeles Valley College paid the ransom three days later. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department of cybercrimes was investigating the incident.

Source: Fox News January 11, 2017 08:03 UTC