This ransomware gang used the emergency broadcast system to tell university students they've been attacked

Ransomware attack on a computer

Ransomware operators are always looking for novel ways to pressure their victims into paying their demands, and now we’ve seen the first time that an emergency broadcast system has been used for that purpose.

A ransomware group calling itself Avos recently compromised Bluefield University, a private institution in Virginia, housing roughly 900 students.