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No ransoms paid in cyberattacks on UMMC and IHL, officials say

By Gwen Dilworth and Mississippi Today Sep 23, 2026 | 10:32 AM

No ransoms were paid to hackers during the cyberattacks that hit the University of Mississippi Medical Center or Institutes of Higher Learning this year, officials confirmed to Mississippi Today. “No state taxpayer dollars were used” to pay the perpetrators of either attack, said Sen. Nicole Boyd, a Republican from Oxford and the chair of the […]