COVID + Ransomware = Predominantly Black College Closure

What is happening? As a result of COVID and a ransomware attack, Lincoln College, a predominantly Black college, in Iowa is closing after 157 years. 157 years!

Why is this important? After making costly tech investments to accommodate COVID, in December 2021, a ransomware attack “walled off the school’s access to its data and halted its recruitment, retention and fund-raising campaigns.”

How will this be important? a forewarning for other institutions.

Government Technology | Lincoln College Closure Is Just Another Ransomware Milestone