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TX: HISD investigating how its computers were hacked

Posted on October 27, 2010 by Dissent

Erika Mellon reports:

Houston school district officials suspect their computer system was hacked over the weekend, leaving employees and students without access to the Internet, online classes and e-mail for two days.

The electronic blackout ended late Tuesday afternoon, but the district’s police department was continuing to work with the FBI to investigate the suspected cyber-attack. HISD officials said they had found no evidence so far that hackers had tampered with personal information, such as payroll data or students’ grades.

As one of the largest employers in Houston, the school district has loads of electronic data on its 30,000 workers and 202,000 students that could have been compromised.

Read more in the Houston Chronicle.

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