IT breakdown at schools: Neustrelitz and Demmin fight with a safety incident!
IT breakdown at schools: Neustrelitz and Demmin fight with a safety incident!
in Neustrelitz and Demmin is currently the worm inside. There are technical difficulties at several schools in the lake plate that significantly impair school operations. According to district spokesman Nils Henke, there is suspicion of an IT security incident. The exact background is still unclear, but a school server in Demmin had to be stopped on Wednesday. The consequences are unforeseeable: restrictions in school operations are inevitable, and this affects several educational institutions.
Schools affected include the regional vocational education center Neustrelitz, the Neidelitz special school as well as several adult education centers and the Goethe-Gymnasium in Demmin. The technical disorders not only burden the administrative systems, but also internet -dependent devices such as PCs, notebooks, iPads and even printer. The telephony is also affected in some locations. The deficits could continue until at least Thursday afternoon, with those responsible for ICT-Ost Aör, as a municipal IT service provider, work to clarify the cause. At the moment, however, nothing is known about the exact nature of the incident - there could also be a hacker attack behind the disorders.IT security situation in Germany
The situation in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is not isolated. The cyber security situation in Germany has increased noticeably in recent years. The Federal Office for Information Technology (BSI) indicates an increasing threat from ransomware groups, but also public institutions and even schools target. The increase in ransomware-as-a-service also makes less experienced criminals possible to carry out such attacks, which increases the risk of essential services.
As in the BSI laying report 2024 , municipal services are particularly at risk. Cyber attacks are not only increasing in their frequency, the complexity and accuracy also increase. This has not only technical, but also economic effects, and promotes distrust in digital infrastructures.
prevention and awareness
Especially in times like this, it is important to take all possible measures to improve IT security. The BSI offers instructions on the message of IT security incidents and regularly provides information about current cyber security risks. Your newsletter "Simply • Cyberproof" keeps interested parties up to date and offers valuable tips to prepare yourself against cyber attacks.
whether it is actually a hacker attack in Neustrelitz and Demmin or technical breakdowns without malicious motivation remains to be seen. However, it is clear that the challenge of cyber security is becoming increasingly complex, and especially educational institutions have to deal more intensively with the topic in order to be prepared for the digital future.
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