Andy Dossett reports:
A network security incident crippled Bartlesville Public Schools’ internet systems, forcing the district to cancel state testing and prompted an investigation into the scope of the breach.
Granger Meador, executive director of technology and communications for the district, confirmed May 1 that the disruption rendered many of the district’s computer systems inoperable. While essential services like phones, life safety systems and Chromebooks on hotspots remain functional, the outage has already upended the school day.
“Bartlesville Public Schools has detected a network security incident that is impacting the availability of many of the District’s computer systems,” Meador said in a statement. “Upon detecting the issue, the District immediately launched an investigation with external cybersecurity professionals.”
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