WAAY-31's Bridget Divers discusses the impact of of the Cyber attack on Huntsville City Schools and the effect it has had on students.
WAAY-31's Bridget Divers discusses the impact of of the Cyber attack on Huntsville City Schools and the effect it has had on students.
Huntsville city school students just finished up their second day back in the classroon... that's after a ransom-ware attack caused the school system to shut-down.
For the first time - we're hearing from one of those students concerned about how the disruption will impact his performance.
Waay-31's bridget divers spoke to him and the district for an update on the cyber security attack.
Bridget?
We wanted answers from the school system about how much the ransomware attack is costing the district and how many people are working on resolving the issue.
The school system tells us they won't be sharing that information right now because it is an ongoing security issue parents with students in hunstville city schools want answers though.
And students want help getting their assignments in and their grades up.
A task that has become difficult after the cyber security attack.
"i'm concerned mostly because a lot of kids are having a lot of late-work as of late because of the whole covid situation and now they can't do their work.
So, they might fail a couple of their school classes.
During the report cards coming out in a few weeks."
Now the school system will not let our cameras inside the schools to show you how classes are operating without technology.
Live in huntsville, bridget divers, waay-31 news.
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