The superintendent of Albuquerque Public Schools announced that the classes would be canceled for two days due to a cyberattack earlier this week.
"If it seems I've come into your homes a lot in the past couple of years to share difficult news, you're right. And here I am again," Superintendent Scott Elder told NPR. "We find ourselves facing yet another challenge."
The attacks have been occurring for the last few weeks throughout the state, and they've affected roughly 75,000 students at APS alone.
These attacks are especially disruptive because many schools have been transitioning to online classes due to rising COVID-19 cases.
"It's kind of like when your house gets robbed you know? That feeling of being violated," said Matt Dawkins, information technology director of a district, in an interview with the outlet. Dawkins' school went under lockdown due to an unrelated police call a mile away.
The attack at APS was discovered when teachers were locked out of student databases that track student attendance, their emergency contact information, and which adults were authorized to pick up students. The school hasn't said if the attack is a ransomware attack, just that student information in databases was compromised.