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do not at this point have internet
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within the district haal schools pulled
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the entire District offline after a
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ransomware attack was discovered early
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this morning just before elementary
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school kids were set to return to the
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classroom they really have to go through
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every sort of uh instrument that we have
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in the school district and clean it and
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make sure um that it's safe to return it
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to our system sort of one at a time
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during a school committee meeting
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tonight the superintendent explained the
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tedious process of checking every
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computer districtwide a little bit
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worried because I wanted to go to school
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today this fourth grader will be back at
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school tomorrow after classes were
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canceled today but middle and high
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school kids will be learning remotely
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The Ransom amount is still unclear as is
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the group behind the attack but by phone
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the mayor says it appears backup systems
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and City computers were not impacted and
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that's the key to any of these things if
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you catch it before it infects the
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backups you can restore and and you're
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okay the mayor says that the City of
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Lawrence was also hit and he has a
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message for those causing the
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frustrating disruption I think it's just
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horrible what these folks are doing we
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pay and police along with the FBI and
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Homeland Security still investigating
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tonight it's not clear when all students
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districtwide will be back inside a
