Fall semester begins tomorrow. Not that I, my online students, nor my colleagues can do anything about it.
You see, the college website is down. Has been since yesterday. After a day and a half of silence, IT finally took to Twitter to explain the matter.
For the second time in eighteen months, the college has fallen victim to a ransomware attack. The last one delayed the end of Spring semester by more than a week. This one will probably delay the Fall term for who knows how long. A temporary page assures students they can access their classes and contact their instructors via the LMS. This instructor accessed the linked backdoor LMS login page. The LMS rejected my password as invalid. Funny, it worked before. I tried to rest my password. The password reset page is down.
You would think the administration (and our IT folks) would’ve learned from last time. Just like last time, the response was slow and the messaging unclear. Just like last time, the college has retained the services of a “third party consulting form.” Maybe it would be cheaper to just pay off the hijackers and be done with it.
Maybe
they should just hire the hijackers.
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