Matthew N. Wells reports: Visitors to the Sycamore shoal district 427 website tuesday were greeted with a pop-up message saying the territory had been the victim of a ransomware attack. The message from D-427 Superintendent Kathy Countryman addressed the issue on the districts website. Read more on Daily Chronicle. The call struck me as familiar, so i searched this site. Sure enough, Sycamore school district 427 had another malware incident ten years ago, although we never got a lot of details on that one. The following notice currently appears on the district’s website: Dear Sycamore Community school territory 427 Community, This morning the district discovered some of our internal technology servers have been the victim of ransomware. district faculty is working to watch to what extent any information was compromised. Upon immediate review, the Districts staff has determined the Districts email system, phone system, website, student information systems (Infinite Campus), and building alarm systems were not a part of this ransomware and are fully functioning. Additionally, District-owned Chromebooks and information stored within the Districts Google suite for instruction is not a component of this incident. We proceed to review any information that may have been compromised and will supply updates as this investigation continues. Sincerely, Kathy countryman superintendent Sycamore Community schooltime district 427 (815) 899-8100 | syc427.org 245 westward change Street | Sycamore, il 60178 Empowering All Learners to Succeed in�THEIR�World