Cyber-attack shuts schools in Highline School District, US
Highline School District in Washington state, US, detected unauthorised activity on its technology systems and suspended all schools and school activities. Lesson cancellations followed, and the district isolated critical systems and worked on recovery with outside experts and government agencies.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Highline School District
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- All schools and school activities suspended
- Cause / method
- Unauthorised activity on technology systems
- Location
- United States
Timeline
- School closures and further lesson cancellations in Highline School District owing to a suspected cyber-attack came to light.
- The district isolated critical systems and worked on recovery with outside experts and government agencies.
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