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Cyber-attack threat is costly for Modesto schools. The total estimate may surprise you.

Posted on May 6, 2019 by Dissent

Ken Carlson reports:

The costs of combating a recent cyber attack and securing computer services against further attacks will easily exceed $1 million for Sylvan Union School District.

According to a budget study in April, the Modesto school district amassed $475,700 in costs in eradicating two cyber-attack viruses that took down essential services in the district with 10 elementary schools and three middle schools. Staff and teachers lost connection to cloud-based data, networks and educational platforms that use the school district’s Internet connection.

Read more on Modesto Bee.

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