Iowa school district cancels classes another day due to cyberattack

One of the biggest school districts in Iowa plans to shutter its doors again on Wednesday after canceling classes today due to a cyberattack. 

On Monday, Des Moines Public Schools – which serves 30,000 students and has nearly 5,000 staff members – said it preemptively took the school district’s internet and network services offline in response to “unusual activity on the network.”

An investigation was started by the district’s IT staff as well as outside cybersecurity consultants, but access to …

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