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Massachusetts school district shut down by ransomware attack

Posted on October 8, 2020 by Dissent

Lawrence Abrams reports:

The Springfield Public Schools district in Massachusetts has become the victim of a ransomware attack that has caused the closure of schools while they investigate the cyberattack.

Springfield is the third largest school district in Massachusetts with over 25,000 students, 4,500 employees, and more than sixty schools. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the school district opened in a remote learning model, with a planned transition to hybrid learning towards the end of October.

Read more on BleepingComputer.

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