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A potential cyberattack on the San Diego Community College District network was thwarted over the weekend, according to messages from the district.

San Diego City College students received an alert with details about the attack Monday morning.

“SD CITY COLLEGE ALERT: Our IT team stopped a cyberattack on our network this weekend. Systems and websites may be intermittently unavailable today while we restore services. Your data is secure. No action needed. We’ll update you as services come back online. Thank you for your patience,” the message read. 

In a subsequent message, the district detailed that its network was down and that some offices may be closed until the issue is resolved.

In a message sent district-wide at 4:14 p.m., Chancellor Greg Smith announced the network outage may carry over into tomorrow, calling the efforts to access the system “highly sophisticated and coordinated.”

None of the district’s messages signaled a motive behind the attack.

“It’s kind of like Schrödinger’s cat, you know, they’re alive and dead at the same time in physics,” said Mark Biagi, a computer science professor on campus. “Sometimes we have the information of what they were going for, but not who they are, and other times we sometimes know where they’re coming from but not necessarily what their targets are.”

Biagi, along with other faculty at Monday’s Academic Senate meeting, struggled to work around the downed network throughout the meeting, which was scheduled at 2:30 p.m.

It went on as scheduled, with hard copies of the agenda shared.

As of 1:24 p.m., internet access remained down, but campus police dispatch lines are still open. Anyone with an emergency was advised to call 619-388-6405 or 911, according to a text alert received by students.

As of 11:50 a.m., the districts’ portal for students to gain access to their online accounts, class assignments and course details were still offline.

Campuses are open and classes will continue with some exceptions, despite the lack of internet.

The issue is still ongoing and may not be resolved until late afternoon.

Multimedia journalists David J. Bohnet, Marisol Sandoval and Itzel Martinez contributed to this report.

Update, May 4: Story updated with information from 1:24 p.m. text alert, the Academic Senate meeting and chancellor email.

Update, May 5: Story updated with link to next story.

This story was edited by David J. Bohnet.