The number of reported Distributed Denial-of-Service cyberattacks is increasing, and according to this article, schools are a primary target. Officials say the attacks can affect testing. In this article, Gary Bryant, technology coordinator at Augusta County Public Schools in Virginia, shares his own experience with a DDoS.
https://thejournal.com/articles/2015/09/24/mitigating-ddos-attacks-to-reduce-testing-outages.aspx