Buffalo education board member: Money spent on cybersecurity review before ransomware attack The district has been working to determine the depth of the intrusion, which files and online systems were affected, and how best to restore operations. Author: Ron Plants Updated: 9:03 PM EDT March 15, 2021 BUFFALO, N.Y. — For the Buffalo School District, it's been another long day of working with Information Technology, cybersecurity consultants, and the FBI as they try to recover from Friday's ransomware attack, which took down their computer systems with a demand for payment. Their files were apparently encrypted and the hacker wants to be paid to give the district access once again.