San Felipe-Del Rio CISD Restores Phone Service After Cyber Incident

Summary

San Felipe-Del Rio CISD said suspicious email activity preceded outages affecting internet, phone and other internal systems. Phone service was restored while teams monitored and restored systems. Schools remained open; no data access or theft was disclosed.

Key points

• The district said it detected suspicious email activity on March 18 and took immediate action with its Regional Security Operations Center.
• Most in-network systems, including internet and phone service, went down; the district later said phone service had been restored.
• Technology staff and the Regional Security Operations Center continued monitoring systems as work to restore remaining internal services proceeded.
• Schools remained open, with no interruption to classes expected; transportation services were not affected.
• The district did not say whether data was accessed or taken, identify a responsible party, or report a public group claim.
• The district’s notices provided no firm estimate for full restoration, and no additional details about the cause or scope were publicly available.