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Highline Public Schools in Washington closed today due to #cyberattack.

https://www.highlineschools.org/about/news/news-details/~board/district-news/post/all-schools-closed-monday-september-9

@douglevin @funnymonkey @brett


All Schools Closed Monday, September 9

All schools are closed on Monday, September 9. All school activities, athletics and meetings are canceled. Central office is open.  ​​​​​​​
www.highlineschools.org
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Doug Levin
Doug Levin
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It was timely bc they had to close school ;)
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derekheld
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Interesting. From what I recall they had another incident a couple years ago that I think they narrowly avoided disaster and it was never public. I’d have to double check the data from my public records request to narrow it down more. It was only like a year or something before Northshore School District got hit with their ransomware attack.
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Doug Levin
Doug Levin
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@derekheld The Northshore incident was way back in 2019; in 2021, the Puget Sound ESD was victimized, affecting (some/all of) the districts they serve which includes Highline https://mynorthwest.com/2454775/data-breach-edu-district/

Puget Sound Educational District hit with data breach

A data breach at an service district could have exposed sensitive information like social security numbers from teachers and students to hackers.
Nicole Jennings (MyNorthwest)
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Doug Levin
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@derekheld Highline cancels second day of class amid rise in tech troubles for districts nationally https://www.king5.com/article/news/education/cyber-attacks-rise-k-12-districts/281-7c8331f7-2b42-44db-871b-eb06a5c60a45

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