Welcome to

The Florida Department of Law Enforcement has confirmed they are investigating computer hacking that potentially disrupted statewide tests last week. The debut of the Florida Assessment Test was marred by a sluggish and sometimes non existent sign in process. FDLE Commissioner Rick Swearinger says Education officials contacted him late last week.

“Our cyber folks have that and we are continuing to pursue that. It’s an active investigation so I really can’t say a lot about that other than we are trying to identify the perpetrators of that attack.”

Question: How widespread was it, did it cause the whole collapse (of the testing process).

“No, it was one I vendor. I don’t know the extent of the collapse.”

Lawmakers critical of the test say even if the delays were caused by a hacker, DOE is underprepared to give the test because it failed to provide adequate security for the test.