Baltimore County Public Schools failed to act on several state recommendations to help mitigate cyber attacks before a hack disrupted school operations and cost the school system millions of dollars in damages and repairs, according to a report from a state inspector general. "The OIGE investigation revealed that the contractor mistakenly opened the email with the attachment using their unsecured BCPS email domain account and not in their secured email domain. BCPS has implemented an array of new network security measures since the cyber attack, the report says. MORE: FBI 'concerned' about Russian cyberattacks on critical US infrastructure: WrayThe report says the network upgrades and damages from the cyber attack cost BCPS nearly $10 million. Baltimore schools cyber attack cost nearly $10M: State IG originally appeared on abcnews.go.com

Source: ABC News January 26, 2023 12:00 UTC