ISIS-Sponsored Video Posted To Bloomfield School Website In Hack

An Islamic State-sponsored YouTube video was posted on a New Jersey school website for a few hours this week, officials said.

At 4 a.m. on Monday, an unknown group hacked the web sites of a number of companies nationwide, including the one that hosts the Bloomfield school district's web sites, officials said. For about two hours, the web sites displayed an ISIS-sponsored YouTube video.

Around 6 a.m., the hacked page was brought down and by about 7 a.m., full functionality and control were restored, school officials said.

The FBI and investigative agencies are looking into the matter. "At no time was confidential student or staff data compromised," the district said. "The internal computer and data systems within the district were completely unaffected."

Everything that happened occurred at the web host's companies server farms in Atlanta, Georgia and Florida.

SchoolDesk, the company that hosts the district's website, released this statement:

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U.S. Representative Donald Payne Jr. released the following statement:

"The hacking attacks on the Bloomfield Public School District’s websites highlight the vulnerability of the technology we rely on every day. Internet and technological infrastructure are integral to our school systems. Cyber attacks against school systems have the potential to disrupt school operations and compromise student information. In light of this attack against schools in my district, I am working on federal legislation to address cyber security threats to schools.”

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