According to sources, Vermilion Parish Schools (a Education organization in Louisiana) was hit with a cyber attack. It was first reported on 2024-10-08.

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Source 1  |  2024-10-08

Vermilion Parish Schools, La., Investigating Cyber Attack

“Abbeville High and other schools in the Vermilion Parish district were temporarily offline Monday after an intruder seemed to have compromised the network“

“Abbeville High School, in a Facebook post, wrote that all schools in Vermilion Parish School System's network were placed offline as they investigated a "potential compromise of our system."“

“Schools responded by changing their phone numbers and only accepting emergency calls. AHS said their Internet phone lines were restored around noon. LeBlanc Elementary in Abbeville wrote their Internet phones were restored around 1:30 p.m. “

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