Williamsburg/James City County schools are working to recover from a cyber-hacking incident that disrupted the system this week, officials said.
“Working alongside some of the nation’s leading cybersecurity professionals, we are collaborating with local and federal law enforcement to determine the full scope and source of the incident,” said Acting Superintendent Daniel Keever. “These investigations typically happen over several weeks but understanding how this happened and restoring all operations are priorities.”
The attack was discovered last weekend and prevented students from virtual classes when winter weather closed schools on Tuesday.
Between 2016 and 2022, schools teaching kindergarten through high school reported 1,619 cyber incidents, according to a report by K12 Security Information Exchange. The nonprofit organization, which helps protect schools from cybersecurity attacks, added 10-20 times as many incidents ma…