N.J. school district reopens after 3-day closure for internet outage caused by ‘unauthorized third party’ - NJ.com

A South Jersey schoolhouse territory that was unopen down for 3 days due to the fact that of an net outage caused by “an unauthorized 3rd party” volition resume classes Friday, officials announced.

Monroe Township Public Schools successful Gloucester County suspended classes Tuesday implicit net entree issues. Officials said the deficiency of net work would airs “logistical and information concerns” if schools continued operating.

What primitively appeared to beryllium a one-day closure extended done Thursday with the territory offering constricted accusation connected the quality of the issue. The medication acknowledged Wednesday that the occupation was caused by “an unauthorized 3rd party” and that “the probe and restoration stay ongoing.”

Officials person not said if the district’s machine systems were hacked, but galore parents person expressed concerns connected societal media implicit whether idiosyncratic accusation of students and families whitethorn person been compromised.

School officials did not respond to requests to remark connected the incident, but a territory announcement Thursday evening confirmed classes would resume Friday.

An email sent to families stated the territory was capable to reconstruct its net access, according to 6ABC, and further details astir the incidental would beryllium provided to the schoolhouse assemblage arsenic the probe continues.

Monroe Township’s territory includes six schools serving astir 6,000 students.

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Matt Gray whitethorn beryllium reached astatine mgray@njadvancemedia.com.