Lincoln College is scheduled to close its doors Friday, becoming the first U.S. institution of higher learning to shut down in part due to a ransomware attack.
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- Lincoln College is scheduled to close its doors Friday, becoming the first U.S.
- institution of higher learning to shut down in part due to a ransomware attack.
- The Illinois school is one of only a handful of rural American colleges that qualify as predominantly Black institutions by the Department of Education.
- Ransomware is a type of cyberattack in which hackers seize control of a victim’s computers and demand payment in order to make them usable again.
- In severe cases, they can render entire computer networks inoperable, which can have devastating financial consequences for victims who can’t afford to replace them.
- The college, which announced its closure March 29, held its final commencement Sunday.