“Ashamed” LockBit ransomware gang apologises to hacked school, offers free decryption tool

Is it possible ransomware gangs actually do have a heart?

Last month, a school district in Illinois was reported
[https://www.govtech.com/education/k-12/olympia-schools-investigating-recent-cyber-attack]
to be working closely with a cybersecurity insurance firm to determine the
extent of damage it had sustained from a ransomware attack.

Olympia Community Unit School District 16 – the largest school district in
Illinois, covering some 377 square miles – realised on Sunday February 26, 2023,
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