{"id":104573,"date":"2025-01-08T14:25:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-08T19:25:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/editionap.ca\/?p=104573"},"modified":"2025-12-16T05:32:55","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T04:32:55","slug":"ucdsb-students-start-2025-without-internet-thanks-to-cyber-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/refletnews.ca\/en\/education\/ucdsb-students-start-2025-without-internet-thanks-to-cyber-incident\/","title":{"rendered":"UCDSB students start 2025 without internet thanks to \u201ccyber incident\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) has confirmed that a significant network disruption, ongoing since January 5, is the result of a cyber incident.<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:288}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">In a communication to parents and guardians, the UCDSB announced that police have been contacted and that the school board is collaborating with cybersecurity experts to assess the situation and restore services.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The schools affected are Russell Public School and Rockland Public School.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Despite the disruption, UCDSB schools will remain open, and classes will continue as scheduled. However, the school board noted that schools will remain offline until network access can be securely restored.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">At this time, there is no evidence to suggest that personal data has been compromised. The UCDSB has committed to keeping staff and families informed as new information becomes available.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The initial disruption, reported on Sunday, Jan. 5, affected the entire UCDSB network, disrupting operations across all schools. Although schools were set to open as planned, the disruption resulted in no internet access, preventing staff from using email and internal platforms such as My Family Room.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">As of Tuesday night, Jan. 7, the UCDSB had not updated the status of the board\u2019s connectivity problems.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Parents were advised to report any absences or urgent communications to schools by phone, as email and social media platforms were inaccessible.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While the return to school following the winter break was not as expected, the UCDSB expressed optimism that students were able to resume in-person learning despite the offline status.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:2,&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:240,&quot;335559739&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB) has confirmed that a significant network disruption, ongoing since January 5, is the result of a cyber incident.\u00a0 In a communication to parents and guardians, the UCDSB announced that police have been contacted and that the school board is collaborating with cybersecurity experts to assess the situation and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":104574,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-education"],"acf":[],"featured_media_global":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - 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