South Lyon Schools remain closed after cyberattack

By Charles E. Ramirez, MediaNews Group

South Lyon officials said schools remained closed due to a cyber attack on the district’s computer systems.

“We are currently investigating a network interruption,” Steve Archibald, the district’s superintendent, said Tuesday. “Upon learning of the incident, we took certain systems offline out of an abundance of caution and began a thorough investigation with leading information technology experts.”

He added: “Our primary focus remains on a safe and efficient remediation process and the restoration of our systems. We are working diligently to get students back in school as soon as possible.”

Khalid Malik, professor of computer science and director of cybersecurity for the University of Michigan-Flint, said Tuesday that while he wasn’t familiar wit