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Fall River schools chief: No insurance for cyberattack; says computer system remains down

Posted on April 9, 2025 by Dissent

Dan Medeiros and Emily Scherny report:

The city’s public school computers will be down for the rest of the week after a cybersecurity attack infiltrated the district’s internal system — and a solution may cost the School Department out of pocket.

At a joint meeting of the School Committee and City Council on Tuesday afternoon, Superintendent Tracy Curley told officials, “We will be without service for the rest of the week.”

The cyberattack was discovered Monday, leaving the district without access to email or the internet.

Curley also told city officials they do not have insurance to mitigate fallout of what happened; the cost of data recovery will need to be paid out of pocket.

Read more at The Herald News.

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