UK's Higham Lane School closed for about two weeks after cyber-attack
Higham Lane School in the UK suspended attendance for pupils and staff due to a cyber-attack. The closure was extended because phones, email, the school management system, electronic doors and fire alarms were not working. The school resumed in-person lessons, which had been suspended for about two weeks.
Key facts
- Affected organisation
- Higham Lane School
- Incident type
- Hacking & intrusion
- Occurred / detected
- Not confirmed
- Scale of damage
- In-person lessons suspended for about two weeks and failures of communications, management and safety systems
- Cause / method
- Cyber-attack
- Location
- United Kingdom
Timeline
- It became known that Higham Lane School had suspended attendance for pupils and staff due to a cyber-attack.
- The school, whose closure had been extended due to failures of phones, email and safety systems, resumed in-person lessons after about two weeks.
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