Ransomware in public schools

Another ransomware attack has been made public, this time
it affects several schools in the Maryland state school district, in the United
States. The attack, which has been aimed at the educational centers in the area, has
left more than 115.000 students. without classes for several days
These systems
due to the pandemic were the only possibility that schools had to continue.

giving classes in a telematic way
The official account of the educational authorities of Baltimore County
announced last week via Twitter the closure of schools on Monday
and Tuesday of this same week while the affected systems were fully recovered.

El ataque se dio lugar el miércoles de la semana y parece
ser que el ataque ha afectado a todos los sistemas de las escuelas públicas del
Condado. En el tiempo que se tarde en solucionar el problema los funcionarios públicos
han dejado algunos servicios mínimos operativos.

Las autoridades han calificado el ataque como catastrófico
al sistema tecnológico de las escuelas públicas, estas declaraciones dan a
entender que el ciberataque ha llegado a afectar la totalidad del sistema informático.
Desde las escuelas esperan poder restaurar el sistema lo antes posible y volver
a la normalidad, aunque esto podría tardar todavía unas semanas más.


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