Cybersecurity

NYC School District Hit by Malware Attack as Well as Canvas Hack

Students' desk in a classroom at a public elementary school in the Brooklyn borough of New York.

Photographer: Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg

As the New York City Public School system grapples with the Canvas service hack affecting schools nationwide, one of its Manhattan campuses is contending with a separate incident.

Officials discovered malware installed on computers at one school community’s shared lab, according to a memo sent to affected school community members and seen by Bloomberg. The malware has since been removed, and the district is investigating with local police, per the memo.