The hack has led to the loss of internet in classrooms.
“After three days without Internet service, Penncrest School District teachers and students are ‘getting creative,’ according to Superintendent Tim Glasspool. ‘A great teacher can teach with a piece of chalk,’ he said Wednesday afternoon, speaking on a cellphone set up to receive calls to the district’s central office. ‘It’s a little bit kind of an old-school way of educating children in 2023, but you know what? It’s happening. I’m really proud of everybody.'”
The district was also hit by a ransomware attack in 2020. “The incident cost Penncrest $10,000 — the deductible on its cyber insurance policy — and the district’s insurance company paid out nearly $75,000…”
Did they improve their defenses after that attack?
After a ransomware attack left it without Internet service for days, a Pennsylvania school district is still conducting classes with unconnected devices and old-school papers, pencils, lectures and group activities.
Source: Without Internet Service, Penncrest Schools ‘Get Creative’