Case Study: Bedford School achieves full ransomware recovery (no data loss, no ransom paid) with Veeam Backup & Replication

School Outsmarts Ransomware with Veeam Recovers Encrypted Files with No Data Loss and No Ransom Paid

Bedford School, an independent boarding and day school in Bedford, England serving about 1,100 boys and 300 staff, faced a major data crisis when the CryptoLocker virus infected a faculty PC and encrypted hundreds of files — including copies synced to cloud and file shares. The encrypted materials represented years of bespoke teaching and research, so losing them or paying a ransom would have been professionally and institutionally devastating.

Using Veeam Backup & Replication with Instant File‑Level Recovery, the IT team restored every encrypted file quickly with no data loss and no ransom paid. Recovery proved 100% reliable, RTO fell by roughly 98% (from hours to minutes), backup management time was cut by about 95%, and the school continues to protect 30 VMware vSphere VMs (10 TB) across data centers with a scalable backup repository.

Bedford School

Bob Eadie

IT System Manager