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DES MOINES, Iowa -- The Des Moines Public School District is out with more details on last month's ransomware cyber attack.
"This incident resulted in the exposure of data that we maintain. We are in the process of renewing that data which included identifying, to the best of our abilities, individuals who may be affected," says Interim Superintendent Matt Smith.
He isn't disclosing the nature of that data--if involved student or employee personal information.
"The reality that we live in is that we know threat actors are out there listening, they're out there watching, and they will take any information I provide at that point in time and exploit our systems," Smith says.
He says says those effected by the data breech will be notified with a letter and offered monitoring services at no cost.
The cyber attack forced the Des Moines Public School District to cancel classes for two days, and left buildings without wi-fi for almost two weeks after classes resumed.
Smith says the district's classroom activity is back to normal as it was before the January 9th attack.