Cyberattacks Across the U.S. Are Shutting Down Schools and Delaying Classes

The fall semester has just begun for many districts around the U.S. But already, some schools have been hit with cyberattacks that have ground classes to a halt.

Cyberattacks forced the Community School Corporation of New Palestine, Indiana to cancel the first two days of the semester in the first week of August. Ponca City Public Schools, a district in Oklahoma, also had to delay classes. The same occurred at independent school districts in the Texas towns of Humble and Athens.

The Athens ISD school board initially agreed to pay hackers a $50,000 ransom to regain access to their servers. But at the last minute, their IT team found an unaffected backup and averted a crisis.

Breaking: School personnel have decided to delay the start of school until August 24 in order to rebuild files.https://t.co/jWZq9qy5Lo

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