Miami-Dade school district targeted by 14 cyber attacks in its first three days of virtual learning

Sep 2, 2020 06:00 pm Cyber Security 204

Miami-Dade school district is targeted by 14 cyber attacks - including some from outside the US - in its first three days of virtual learning, leaving students and teachers unable to log in for classes

Miami-Dade County Public Schools was hit with 12 cyber attacks on Wednesday

It came after the district suffered two other attacks on Monday and Tuesday

Officials said software glitches blocked access to the district's servers but they were not hacked and no data was compromised

The district is now working with the FBI to determine who is behind the attacks and how to stop them from derailing the fall semester right out of the gate

MDCPS is the fourth largest school district in the US, serving 275,000 students

By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com

Published: 13:46 EDT, 2 September 2020 | Updated: 13:50 EDT, 2 September 2020

Florida's largest school district in Miami-Dade County has been targeted by a slew of cyber attacks in the first three days of its virtual start to the school year.

Miami-Dade County Public Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho announced that the district was hit with 12 separate cyber attacks on Wednesday morning, some which were local and some from outside of the US.

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