Schools in Scotland went offline after being hit by phishing scam
TL;DR
Schools in Scotland's Inverclyde Council went offline after a phishing scam compromised a staff email, disrupting internet access and services. Systems are gradually being restored as the council investigates the incident.
Source: Greenock Telegraph
Internet access was shut off at schools and nurseries across Inverclyde Council, one of the 32 local authorities of Scotland, Jan. 19 after a cyberattack compromised the account of a senior member of the council's education staff. Schools were taken offline to allow Inverclyde to activate its incident response plans which included investigating a fraudulent email sent from the email address of a staff member. Schools and early years centres were not able to access emails and parents were advised that there may be some difficulties in accessing the pre-order app for lunches. It was reported Jan. 22 that school systems were gradually getting back up and running. Inverclyde also confirmed that its staff network was down. Inverclyde has 6 Secondary Schools, 20 Primary Schools, 20 Early Years Establishments and 4 ASN units. Full Story