Make sure to stop by and try your hand at being a meteorologist. The Junior Forecaster station is one of the busiest on the Road Tour. These events are definitely for the whole family, but students probably have the most fun.
The Storm Team will highlight the ways we keep you connected and have devices on hand so you can connect with us right away. Power was out, but our fans could keep up with news and weather on mobile devices. We used social media before the tornado outbreak, but on April 27th and the days that followed, Twitter and Facebook were lifelines. One thing we do at WAFF is use social media to help our viewers stay weather aware. We had a great turnout and a lot of fun.īrad Travis and Jeff Castle put together a great presentation to let people in the Tennessee Valley know how they work to keep families safe.
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The first WAFF 48 Weather Road Tour in this series kicked off last week in Florence. Jeff Castle with two junior meteorologists in Florence On the Roadīut what else is there to know about the weather where you live? The WAFF 48 Storm Team is coming to a school near you to share their extensive weather knowledge. At the very least, you bought a car charger for your electronics so you can stay in touch in case of a prolonged power outage. Especially after April 27th, 2011, a lot of us have emergency plans in place for our family. All rights reserved.Most of us North Alabamians know the importance of being weather aware. There have been seven attacks in just the month of August according to Recorded Future, a cybersecurity company that tracks incidents across the country.Ĭopyright 2022 WAFF. school districts have been infected with ransomware. Huntsville City Schools isn’t the only district to be hit with ransomware attacks. Preventing these attacks can be as simple as being aware of what you receive in emails, being sure not to click on any links that could be suspicious. A lot of information that we need to make sure that remains private.”
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“She has come in, she’s put together a very strategic plan to upgrade a lot of our infrastructure, but in addition to that, making sure we’re guarding students’ safety in terms of their privacy. “We have a very forward thinking IT department and that is led by our Chief of Information Technology Emily Elam,” she says. Huntsville City Schools Superintendent Christie Finley says receiving a bigger budget for cybersecurity is a big priority for districts across the state. At last check, the District never had to pay any ransom.
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Ransomware is malicious software that denies access to computer devices or files until a ransom is paid. In November 2020, Huntsville City Schools was hit by a ransomware attack. “These are infrastructures that must operate and they do have large purses and are probably willing to pay millions of dollars the ransom in order to unlock their machines.”
“They recognize that large school district, like the one out in Los Angeles and the city of Atlanta for example a few years ago,” he says. “The criminal groups are not so much interested in being disruptive, like a terrorist group might do, but more of ‘how do I extort you for money?’”Ĭyber Security Expert Marc Sachs with the McCrary Institute says instead of going after major companies and banks, criminals see school districts with limited cyber security resources as easy pickings. The warning comes after one of the largest school districts in the U-S was hit in a ransomware attack over Labor Day weekend. The federal government is warning school districts across the country to up its cyber security protections. Ransomware is a growing concern, with health care facilities and school systems becoming targets for cyber criminals. (WAFF) - Cyber attacks are on the rise across the country.
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