Hackers used ‘despicable’ language and images on Troy School District’s website
District tightens security measures in response
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As a result the district is tightening security measures and all of its websites have been taken down temporarily.
DETROIT – On Monday, the Troy School District’s website was hacked with hate speech and graffiti posted on all of its sites.
Additionally, the district stated that the system’s internal messenger was used to send emails to staff and some families.
As a result the district is tightening security measures and all of its websites have been taken down temporarily.
No student information or sensitive data was comprised by the breach, according to the district.
The system’s internal messenger was used to send emails to staff and some families, the district added. No sensitive date or student information was compromised, it said. The hack was said to have originated from outside the country.
The hack was discovered in the afternoon, the district said on its Facebook page. Hate speech and graffiti was posted on all of our district websites and the system’s internal messenger was used to send emails to staff and some families, Kerry Birmingham, a district spokeswoman, told The Detroit News. The language and images used were despicable, and we strongly denounce them.
The incident also struck the International Academy in Troy, which said hackers posted harmful and hurtful messages on its website.
Birmingham said preliminary information shows the hack generated from outside the country using a known malicious IP address and that no student information or sensitive data was compromised by the breach.
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