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Chicago suburban school districts experience apparent hacks in which offensive, sexual messages sent

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Dissent

ABC reports:

A suburban school district said its system might have been hacked this weekend.

Township High School District 211 covers parts of Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, Arlington Heights and other northwest suburbs.

The district said outgoing emails, phone calls and text messages were compromised Saturday night.

But that wasn’t the only suburban district attacked successfully, it seems.  ABC also reports that police are investigating other incidents involving Maine Township High School District 207 and Niles Township High School District 219, “- both of which have ethnically and racially diverse student populations.”

Read more on ABC.

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