Toronto District school board also admits LockBit infection this summer.
Highline Public Schools in Washington State have been hit by a cyber-attack which disrupted its technology systems.
According to BleepingComputer, this has led to the cancellation of classes due to the importance of the impacted systems to school operations.
Highline Public Schools officials noted that an investigation into the incident is underway, but did not provide further details regarding the possible compromise of student or staff data.
This attack comes amid persistent intrusions against the education sector, with the
Toronto District School Board admitting the compromise of student information following a LockBit ransomware attack in June.
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Dan Raywood is a B2B journalist with 25 years of experience, including covering cybersecurity for the past 17 years. He has extensively covered topics from Advanced Persistent Threats and nation-state hackers to major data breaches and regulatory changes.
He has spoken at events including 44CON, Infosecurity Europe, RANT Forum, BSides Scotland, Steelcon and the National Cyber Security Show, and served as editor of SC Media UK, Infosecurity Magazine and IT Security Guru. He was also an analyst with 451 Research and a product marketing lead at Tenable.
