It causes a week's interruption to classes. Baltimore County Students, Staff Rush To Make Sure There Are No Lingering Ransomware Issues On Devices After Cyberattack
All Baltimore County Public Schools closed last Wednesday after the school system was hit with a ransomware cyber attack. The district said its entire network system was inaccessible after an unknown actor took over and demanded ransom.
I checked several sources and it does NOT appear that BCPS paid the ransom. If they did, they are being surprisingly tight-lipped about it.
The usual platitudes by bureaucrats who know next to nothing about tech. One said "that system appears to be fine." Of course it probably looked fine on Tuesday afternoon and on Wednesday morning. It wasn't fine.
I tend to look at it this way: could the ransomware make Baltimore schools worse? With less than one student per high school proficient at math, how much worse is there?
ReplyDeleteThat said, I’d be surprised if BCPS had the money to pay the ransom.