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Friday, January 13, 2017

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Posted on January 13, 2017

Don Gallagher – reported an issue with Chrome where he couldn’t search for anything without a webfilter error message stating that the address couldn’t be found. I noticed that the browser was appending “/gmail” to the end of anything he typed. I don’t know how that happened, but I quit Chrome and started again, then went to a known address by clicking a link. The problem went away. Wierd, huh?

Admin Server – got quote from RecTec. Filled out PO and got it approved. Rectec technician will attempt to perform both tasks remotely.

District – a facutly member came to me this morning and reported that a nearby school district had a problem yesterday with ransomware. I researched precautionary measures and sent a message to all users providing preventative steps. Will prepare a page on Cyber Security for the web site.

Colleagues,

In the rumor mill today is a report that one of our local public schools just experienced a ransomware attack. This means that their data is being held hostage until they pay an unknown party a large sum of money in an untraceable currency such as bitcoin. Despite numerous safeguards we have in place, this could easily happen in Konawa. 

Here's what you should do:

  • Never open an email from a sender you don't recognize (when in doubt -> delete)
  • Never, never, never click an email attachment you aren't 100% sure about (I'm serious)
  • If a website takes over your browser, not letting you close browser windows, turn off your computer and contact me
  • Backup any data you deem important to Google Drive
  • Backup any data you deem important to a flash drive (don't always use the same flash drive)
  • Don't leave your flash drive plugged into your computer when you aren't using it.
  • Never pay the ransom

Even these precautions don't have guarantees. This is a crazy world we live in and it's getting crazier. We can't afford to be naive or ignorant. I started a web page today to document Cyber Security concerns. It may be a few days before I get it going, but I'll try to load it up with accurate and useful information.

Amanda Lampkin – reported three students who could not login to their student accounts. Corrected password error and tested.

Lori Kiker – reported a SmartBoard connection issue. After checking cable connections it seems okay.

LeeAnn Duck – requested that an update to the Wengage system be applied. Will do this on Tuesday.

District – sent a message to Tom Burgess from ProPresenters about moving forward with the proposal to put a ceiling mount projector in the PAC

 

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