A hacker has caused a digital havoc at Hawera High School. On Monday teachers arrived at school to find a message on the computer system demanding a US$5,000 ransom in bitcoin. The chair of the school’s board of trustees Phil Nixon says it is causing huge disruption.

Read the full story from the Taranaki Daily News at stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/105913739/taranaki-high-school-in-digital-lockdown-after-hacker-demands-us5000-to-release-school-work

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