L.A. Unified Supt. Carvalho will have emergency authority to approve spending and other measures to restore district computer systems and data.
Los Angeles schools Supt. Alberto Carvalho on Tuesday received rare emergency powers to deal with the ongoing crisis caused by a massiveCarvalho revealed another element of the attack. The hackers had left behind silent, almost invisible tripwires with the potential to set off another chain of damage or compromised information, another indication of the seriousness of the breach that is under investigation by the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and local law enforcement.
While schools opened as scheduled on Sept. 6, many students, parents and staff said little academic or other regular work could be done in the aftermath as not all computer systems and programs were working or accessible. The online assault was under way on Saturday, Sept. 3, when district staff noticed the intrusion and took countermeasures to head it off.
That issue has been resolved, Carvalho said, but still unknown is to what extent hackers may have been able to download information about students, such as grades, course schedules, disciplinary records and disability status.
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