Baltimore County Public Schools system was notified by state auditors of several cybersecurity weaknesses the day before the district was hit with a crippling ransomware attack. The school system ignored warnings in a 2015 state audit that the lack of security for its IT infrastructure made personally identifiable information and critical databases vulnerable to attack. “All it took was one school system staffer falling for a ransomware email luring them to click on something dangerous,” expert says. The district canceled virtual classes for 115,000 students Monday and Tuesday.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/audit-found-baltimore-county-schools-lacked-data-security-a-15478