Cyberattacks inflict deep harm at technology-rich schools

guest · Jul 16, 2019

Cyberattacks inflict deep harm at technology-rich schools
July 16, 2019
https://apnews.com/4db421064ca84bcfad9fa195b7b41384

Over six weeks, the vandals kept coming, knocking the school system’s network offline several times a day.

There was no breach of sensitive data files, but the attacks in which somebody deliberately overwhelmed the Avon Public Schools system in Connecticut still proved costly. Classroom lesson plans built around access to the internet had come to a halt.
The kind of attacks more commonly reserved for banks and other institutions holding sensitive data are increasingly targeting school systems around the country.

Attacks against schools have become common, the FBI said, but it is impossible to know how frequently they occur because many go unreported to law enforcement when data is not compromised.
Attacks often have forced districts to pull the plug on smart boards, student laptops and other internet-powered tools.
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