On Jan. 28, the Freehold Township School District notified staff, families and students that its schools and offices would be closed today due to a cybersecurity incident.
School officials said that because of the incident, the quarter, based in Freehold, NJ, was experiencing technical difficulties and so is collaborate with third-party cybersecurity experts to address the issue.
Dianne Martello Brethauer, deputy district superintendent, she apologized on her X account (formerly known as Twitter) for the inconvenience after announcing the hardships the district is facing.
“There is an ongoing investigation,” Michael Amoroso, president of the Freehold Township Board of Education said this morning. “We will definitely make an announcement regarding this [Tuesday’s schedule] when the time comes. There are people working there all day.”
No additional information regarding nature of the attack It was released.