弗吉尼亚州 Richmond 公立学校遭网络攻击断网进入第四天：学校照常上课，学区承诺免费信用监控
位于美国弗吉尼亚州 Richmond 市的 Richmond Public Schools（RPS）学区，自10月21日发生网络安全事件后主动切断全区互联网接入，至10月24日断网已进入第四天。学区官网首页至今仍挂着10月21日的《全区网络中断》通知，未见恢复公告。RPS 是美国百大学区之一，辖53个校区、约22,000名学生，学区总部位于 301 N. 9th Street。
学区总监 Jason Kamras 在10月21日下午的声明中说，学区已「暂时切断互联网接入」，电话、电邮服务以及在线课堂工具和学习平台的使用因此受限；学校照常上课，师生安全未受影响，教师按需调整课程。他表示学区正与外部网络安全专家和执法部门合作，查清事件全貌。据 The Richmonder 报道，多名教职工的学区电脑屏幕上出现了题为「Critical Alert: Data Breach and Encryption Notice」的勒索提示，发送者单方面声称已窃取数据并加密文件、要求学区在72小时内联系协商。学区尚未证实数据被窃，个人信息是否受影响仍在调查中，成稿对声称与证实严格区分。
10月22日上午的更新显示，全区各校前台电话已经恢复，外拨电话与911紧急电话从未受影响，用于紧急求助的 ParentSquare 通道也未受影响；当天晚间学区再确认，全区安全摄像头正常工作、本地录像不间断。Kamras 表示，如确认个人信息受影响，学区将通知相关人员并提供免费信用监控；学区随后宣布将向全体学生和教职工提供免费身份与信用监控服务，办理细则近日公布。
断网期间，全区师生被要求不得把任何设备连入 RPS 网络，学校转入无技术手段的教学环境。学区官网10月23日的日常通讯《RPS Direct》仍正常发布，但未给出网络恢复时间表。
Richmond Public Schools in Virginia Offline for a Fourth Day After Cyberattack: Classes Continue as District Pledges Free Credit Monitoring
Richmond Public Schools (RPS) in Richmond, Virginia, remained offline for a fourth day on October 24 after taking its divisionwide internet access down following a cybersecurity incident on October 21. The district's homepage still carries its October 21 "Divisionwide Network Outage" notice, with no restoration announcement posted. RPS is one of the 100 largest school divisions in the United States, serving about 22,000 students across 53 campuses, with its central office at 301 N. 9th Street.
Superintendent Jason Kamras said in an October 21 statement that the division had "temporarily taken internet access offline," limiting phone and email service as well as access to online classroom tools and learning platforms. Schools remained open, student and staff safety was not affected, and teachers adjusted lessons as needed. Kamras said the division was working with outside cybersecurity experts and law enforcement to understand the full scope of the incident. According to The Richmonder, screens on employee devices displayed a message titled "Critical Alert: Data Breach and Encryption Notice" in which the sender claimed to have extracted data and encrypted files and demanded contact within 72 hours. The district has not confirmed that data was stolen; whether personal information was affected remains under investigation.
In an October 22 morning update, the district said front-office phones were back online across the division, outbound calls and 911 access were never affected, and the ParentSquare channel for urgent assistance was never impacted. That evening it confirmed that security cameras were fully operational with local recording uninterrupted. Kamras said anyone whose personal information was affected would be notified and offered free credit monitoring; the division later said it would offer free identity and credit monitoring to all students and staff, with details to follow.
During the outage, students and staff were told not to connect any devices to RPS networks, and schools shifted to a technology-free learning environment. The district's regular RPS Direct bulletin was still published on October 23, but no timetable for restoring the network has been announced.
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图片来源：图：Richmond Public Schools 学区总部（301 N. 9th Street）外景与校车。摄影：Packer1028，CC0，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / The Richmond Public Schools central office at 301 N. 9th Street, by Packer1028, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons.
