Cyber Attack At My Local CC

[davewill]

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I would guess this is a case of a school who hired too few staff, or hired staff who did not have enough experience in this area -- or even worse they outsourced it to a provider who told them they had it under control. Backup is one of the items any IT professional learns early on is their first line of defense against the unemployment line -- operations professionals don't skimp on it.

It also sounds like they timed the lockout to coincide with registration for a new term, putting extreme time pressure on any restore efforts.