Indiana Area School District in Indiana, Pennsylvania, warned that classroom desktop computers might be unavailable Monday after a cybersecurity incident affected a local server.
Superintendent Robert J. Heinrich Jr. said Sunday that district staff began investigating when they learned of the incident. Outside technology and cybersecurity specialists are helping assess its scope and restore access to affected systems.
“It is very likely that desktop computers will not be operational,” Heinrich wrote in a separate message to parents. He asked students to bring Chromebooks, including for classes that normally use desktops.
Heinrich said there was no indication that student, staff or financial data maintained through PowerSchool or systems of the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit had been compromised. The unit provides administrative software to Pennsylvania schools, and its systems and PowerSchool are separate from the affected server, he said.
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The district has not said whether data on the affected server was accessed, what caused the incident or when it expects to restore access.
In a separate recent K-12 incident, Slate Valley Unified Union School District in Vermont reported interruptions to internet, email and student Chromebook access while schools stayed open.
The district did not respond to a request for comment by publication time. Its latest notices, reviewed Monday, did not report full restoration of the affected systems.
