MONROE TWP., New Jersey (WPVI) -- Students, module and unit astatine Monroe Township Public Schools were backmost successful schoolhouse Friday aft schoolhouse officials said a 3rd enactment illegally accessed the district's internet.
Some parents Action News spoke with said they inactive person questions astir what happened.
"Fortunately immoderate happened, they caught it," said genitor John Talley.
The Gloucester County schoolhouse territory canceled classes connected Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday this week owed to method problems caused by an "unauthorized 3rd party," according to notifications from the district.
On Friday, the parking batch extracurricular Williamstown High School was afloat again.
School officials said the amerciable entree occurred sometime during the schoolhouse time Monday.
"It's ever bully to person your kids home, you cognize they're safe, but I'd alternatively them beryllium successful school," said genitor Monica Catlett.
A notification from Superintendent Susan Ficke went retired to parents Monday evening saying determination was a method contented that whitethorn effect successful the disconnection of the school's net service.
It went connected to accidental that holding classes without net would contiguous logistical and information concerns.
On Wednesday evening, Action News learned successful an email sent to parents that territory officials said the method problems were caused by an "unauthorized 3rd party," and efforts to reconstruct the net and analyse the occupation were ongoing.
Quite a fewer parents said they were frustrated implicit a deficiency of accusation earlier the notification came retired Wednesday evening, and wanted to cognize if there's been a information breach.
Action News reached retired to Monroe Township Mayor Richard DiLucia who said helium hadn't been contacted by the schoolhouse committee and didn't person immoderate information.
Action News tried to scope the superintendent respective times Wednesday and Friday and did not perceive back.
A spokesperson astatine the FBI's Philadelphia Office said they can't corroborate oregon contradict their involvement, but did accidental erstwhile it comes to cyberattacks, they typically connection their assistance and resources.
"Let them get the existent probe out, and past I'll beryllium satisfied," said Talley.
Monroe Township constabulary said they were not informed astir this truthful they are not progressive and not investigating.
The territory said their probe is inactive ongoing.
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