The statement from the district said that the glitches had targeted district networks, including those needed to run My School Online, an online learning platform from a company called K12. Jack Meyer, 17, a senior at Miami Palmetto Senior High School, had trouble logging onto the platform as soon as he started school on Monday. system is concerning, and it should raise questions,” he said. A spokeswoman for K12 said that while the network disruptions had affected the company’s delivery of service, K12 had not caused the attack and was not responsible for the district’s network. “Also note that the K12 network was not directly impacted, and no data was compromised,” she said.

Source: New York Times September 03, 2020 22:52 UTC