Voorheesville getting back all of the $1 million stolen in cybertheft

VOORHEESVILLE — The Voorheesville school district is going to recover all of the money stolen in a cyberattack last month.

Thieves behind the cyberattack stole $1 million from the district’s capital fund. State Police have recovered $750,000, and the district’s insurance company has now confirmed that it will cover the remaining $250,000 if police do not recover it, Superintendent Frank Macri said.

About half of all school districts, hospitals and other businesses have cyber liability insurance, according to a report in Insurance Journal in September. Brokers said that about 47% of organizations have “adequate cyber coverage.”…

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