Akron Public Schools closed all buildings Wednesday after a districtwide network outage canceled summer programs, athletics and city programs held in schools. The district has not said whether the outage is cyber-related.
The city declined to comment on the cause while the matter remains under review, with permits, records requests and online payments unavailable five days after the first public notice.
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A persona linked by researchers to an Iran-aligned destructive campaign claimed it compromised the transit software vendor; Allegany County documented a vendor-related trip confirmation disruption.
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