DSM Public School Hacked

[keepngoal]

No classes yesterday, and none for tomorrow.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

See kids this is what happens when you dont budget enough for IT security.

 

[ISUTex]

Wonder if they'll pay whatever ransom is being demanded by the hackers.

 

[Cybone]

Davenport schools were hacked earlier this year. Email had been down for months.

Don’t click on sh——-tuff you aren’t familiar with

 

[Gunnerclone]

Davenport schools were hacked earlier this year. Email had been down for months.

Don’t click on sh——-tuff you aren’t familiar with

Schools seem like a super easy phishing target.

 

[wxman1]

Davenport schools were hacked earlier this year. Email had been down for months.

Don’t click on sh——-tuff you aren’t familiar with

Cedar Rapids and Linn-Mar were hit over the summer. Took weeks to get back to an operating state.

 

[cydsho]

This won't solve all the problems but at some point employers are going to have to start banning any personal use of work devices.

 

[ISUTex]

This won't solve all the problems but at some point employers are going to have to start banning any personal use of work devices.

Could also be student use. Especially if they take their devices home with them.

 

[Cyforce]

My neighbor has a good source at Roosevelt that was told there was a ransom demand for a million dollars.

 

[Pat]

This won't solve all the problems but at some point employers are going to have to start banning any personal use of work devices.

That ban doesn’t stop someone from clicking a link in a phishing email, though, and it just takes one.

 

[mywayorcyway]

My neighbor has a good source at Roosevelt that was told there was a ransom demand for a million dollars.

Takes a real piece of crap to hold ransom over a school.

 

[Cyforce]

Takes a real piece of crap to hold ransom over a school.

World's full of pieces of crap unfortunately.