Centennial schools to close for 2 days after hackers breach school technology systems
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A Portland-area school district has canceled Tuesday and Wednesday classes as staffers work to fix a ransomware attack that may have affected the district’s technology systems.
Centennial School District staff discovered Monday that certain digital files had been “encrypted by an unknown actor,” the district said in a statement.
The district took its technology systems offline as a precaution so hackers could not access any more information.
The district also reported the breach to federal investigators, hired a cybersecurity firm and launched its own investigation into how the system could have been hacked.
The school district, which serves Gresham and Southeast Portland, canceled classes Tuesday and Wednesday. Author: KGW Staff Updated: 4:15 PM PDT April 26, 2021
GRESHAM, Ore. The Centennial School District announced it has cancelled school Tuesday and Wednesday after someone hacked in and encrypted certain files on the district’s systems.
The district took its systems offline, reported the incident to federal law enforcement and launched an internal investigation with a cybersecurity firm, according to a Monday news release.
The Centennial School District serves Gresham and Southeast Portland.
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Classes canceled as hackers hit Centennial School District
District computers were breached, canceling classes, while district fixes the problem.
The Centennial School District announced Monday afternoon that all of its schools will be canceled Tuesday, April 27, and Wednesday, April 28, because the district s computer system was breached.
The school district said Monday, April 26, it discovered that certain files on its systems were encrypted by an unknown actor.
The district took all of its systems offline as a precautionary measure to help contain the incident, the announcement said.
The district immediately launched an internal investigation and engaged with a leading cybersecurity and digital forensics firm.
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