FCPS and Blackboard reported to be hacked by MAZE?

[Anonymous]

Why hasn’t WTOP or other local news picked this story up? Why is DCUM ahead of this story?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where did Verizon confirm there was no issue on their end?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/internet-outage-affects-fairfax-co-students/2416067/

Brabrand’s deflecting because that’s what he does.

Where are our BB servers? Because there were Verizon connectivity issues earlier even if not in the immediate area.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Where did Verizon confirm there was no issue on their end?

This was covered on NBC channel 4 evening news.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Why hasn’t WTOP or other local news picked this story up? Why is DCUM ahead of this story?

It’s all over the local news now. There’s at least 1 link to an article in this thread

[Anonymous]

Here's the AP article:

https://apnews.com/c5e1fedcb19ba9d87b8c2c73779350b5

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Verizon was having outages today.

This is an out right lie by FCPS to cover the breach before it was discovered by the mass public and media. There was a report yesterday on an industry specific cyber security site. So, perhaps security experts saw the article and thought it amiss that Verizon outages were occurring while internet access was still available and yet FCPS’ precious Blackboard wasn’t working.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, Verizon was having outages today.

This is an out right lie by FCPS to cover the breach before it was discovered by the mass public and media. There was a report yesterday on an industry specific cyber security site. So, perhaps security experts saw the article and thought it amiss that Verizon outages were occurring while internet access was still available and yet FCPS’ precious Blackboard wasn’t working.

Umm, what? I'm the PP and I just looked at some of the local network-down sites.

[Anonymous]

Can Verizon go after FCPS for throwing the blame on them? This is such a bizarre and reckless path FCPS went down.

[Anonymous]

If it is a lie, it’s pretty short sighted. If this is a BBC issue only, than it will just continue to happen and it will beocke clear that it’s not Verizon or Cox or whatever.

Imma just going to enjoy the weekend and not attempt to figure out if this was another spin doctor move. Time will tell!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Where did Verizon confirm there was no issue on their end?

https://www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/northern-virginia/internet-outage-affects-fairfax-co-students/2416067/

Brabrand’s deflecting because that’s what he does.

Where are our BB servers? Because there were Verizon connectivity issues earlier even if not in the immediate area.

I smell a plaintiff’s bar

[Anonymous]

The MAZE article was written a day ago, and teachers were hacked on Sunday. We have Verizon and it was down for a large chunk of the morning. You can also look at outage maps and see Verizon outages up and down the east coast. Maze and the outage aren’t related. They want money, which is why they are h threatening to release personal data. I don’t think messing with BBCU for a few helps their bottom line.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The MAZE article was written a day ago, and teachers were hacked on Sunday. We have Verizon and it was down for a large chunk of the morning. You can also look at outage maps and see Verizon outages up and down the east coast. Maze and the outage aren’t related. They want money, which is why they are h threatening to release personal data. I don’t think messing with BBCU for a few helps their bottom line.

+1...People are confounding two unrelated events.

[Anonymous]

Political?

[Anonymous]

Taxpayers pumped an extra $30 million into DHS' Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency last year, and these are the results we get. Fire Chad Wolf!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Political?

Potentially? But apparently this group has targeted numerous schools and even some businesses. It’s been working for them so far, so maybe they just want money.