Op-Ed: The cyberattack on Los Angeles schools could happen anywhere in the world
The cyberattack on Los Angeles schools last week has many parents and students asking, Who is responsible, what do we do?
It all started in November of last year when a man, using a computer at the school, sent out an email warning that he was going to release a virus called Stuxnet that would take down the computer systems of computers across the world.
On Tuesday morning, the school district of 30,000 students had to suspend classes for one day, which was followed by a four-day lockdown when computers were taken offline. The Los Angeles Times reported that some students were forced to stay at home. Others who could not go to school were sent home with a note.
Los Angeles school district suspends classes after ‘cyber attack’ The Los Angeles school district in a statement released on Wednesday said “an incident was reported near the Westlake campus at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.” It said the incident “involved a cyber attack through the use of a computer virus targeted towards the district and the school system.” School staff were able to contain the virus, and it has since been deleted from the system, the district said. A full recovery could take several weeks if all affected computers have been returned to operation.
The Los Angeles school district in a statement released on Wednesday said “an incident was reported near the Westlake campus at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.” It said the incident “involved a cyber attack through the use of a computer virus targeted towards the district and the school system.” School staff were able to contain the virus, and it has since been deleted from the system, the district said.
On Tuesday night, after the district had made a decision to reopen the schools, another student, who was a freshman was kicked out of school for three days, the school said. On Wednesday morning, the school district issued a statement that said, “Our system was not the initial target of the attack”.
This was later retracted by the school district. The school district then revised itself its statement and said, “We are aware that our initial statements
