Source 1 | 2023-01-24
“ Maryland’s inspector general for education says the Baltimore County school system failed to provide adequate security for its computer network servers, despite several warnings from the state in the years preceding a devastating ransomware attack in 2020.“
“The investigative report published Monday places the school system partially at fault for the hack that disrupted school operations days before the Thanksgiving holiday in 2020, when all instruction and school board meetings were taking place online due to the coronavirus pandemic. “
“The school system’s networks experienced catastrophic disruptions Nov. 24, 2020, about 15 days after a phony college official sent an email containing a bogus invoice attachment to a Baltimore County education professional, according to investigators. “
“The latter audit’s findings were delivered to the school system Nov. 19, 2020, just days before the cyber attack. Investigators say the malware had already been delivered by the time the report was made public. “
Source 2 | 2023-01-26
“Baltimore County Public Schools failed to act on several state recommendations to help mitigate cyber attacks before a hack disrupted school operations and cost the school system millions of dollars in damages and repairs, according to a report from a state inspector general. “
“The inspector general's report found that the initial network compromise occurred 15 days before the network disruption and came in the form of an e-mail. “
“The report says the network upgrades and damages from the cyber attack cost BCPS nearly $10 million.“
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