Baltimore schools failed to fully act on security recommendations before cyber attack: State IG report

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Baltimore County Public Schools failed to act on recommendations to help mitigate cyber attacks before a hack disrupted operations and cost the school system millions of dollars in damages and repairs, according to Maryland Inspector General's report.

before a hack disrupted school operations and cost the school system millions of dollars in damages and repairs, according to a report from a state inspector general.

The inspector general's report found that the initial network compromise occurred 15 days before the network disruption and came in the form of an e-mail.A teacher flagged the e-mail to the in-house tech support who forwarded the e-mail to a contracted tech support supervisor, according to the report.

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