The “cybersecurity incident” discovered on April 7  that left Fall River Public Schools without access to their internal network and internet service “for the rest of the week,” and was eventually fully restored — to the tune of $134,278 in out-of-pocket costs.

Superintendent Dr. Tracy Curley has not yet specified the nature of the cyberattack, but during an April 8 joint meeting of the City Council and School Committee, she alerted city officials that they did not have insurance to mitigate the fallout of what happened.

Curley said she is confident the district would be better prepared if future attacks occurred.

The superintendent’s office has not yet disclosed to whom the money was paid in response to further public records requests. 

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