Baltimore County Public Schools has announced to be hit by a ransomware attack, which forced it to shut down all the school systems eventually. The school and its Chief of Staff have confirmed the network was impacted and advised students to use only the devices from City-school-issued ones instead of theirs.
Unknown Ransomware Hits Baltimore Schools
Baltimore County Public Schools is the government-backed organization controlling all the public schools in Baltimore of Maryland. The organization has announced today announced that its network was attacked by ransomware, thus causing interruptions in its activities.
This was confirmed by Mychael Dickerson , Baltimore County Public Schools’ Chief of Staff on Twitter. Later, the school’s Twitter handle has reported the same since their website was shut down . All the online learning and offices had to shut down systematically to contain the spread of ransomware.
BCPS can now confirm we were the victim of a Ransomeware attack that caused systemic interruption to network information systems. Our BCPS technology team is working to address the situation & we will continue to provide updates as available. For now, please don’t use BCPS device — Baltimore County Public Schools (@BaltCoPS) November 25, 2020
