Taylor Alison Swift is an American singer-songwriter. She is known for narrative songs about her personal life, which have received widespread media coverage. At age 14, Swift became the youngest artist signed by the Sony/ATV Music publishing house and, at 15, she signed her first record deal.
Her 2006 eponymous debut album was the longest-charting album of the 2000s in the US. Its third single, "Our Song", made her the youngest person to single-handedly write and perform a number-one song on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. Swift's second album, Fearless, was released in 2008.
Buoyed by the pop crossover success of the singles "Love Story" and "You Belong with Me", it became the US' best-selling album of 2009 and was certified diamond in the US. The album won four Grammy Awards, and Swift became the youngest Album of the Year winner.
L.A. Unified School District Hit by Ransomware Attack
variety.comTodd Spangler NY Digital Editor The Los Angeles Unified School District, the second-largest school district in the U.S., said it had confirmed “an external cyberattack” on its information-technology infrastructure.
Despite the disruption, the LAUSD said schools will open as scheduled on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The school district, in a notice late Monday, said it “detected unusual activity in its Information Technology systems over the weekend” and said the incident is “likely criminal in nature.” The LAUSD said it assessing the situation with local law enforcement agencies and has been working with officials from the Department of Education, the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA).
The school district did not provide details of the ransomware attack or which systems specifically have been affected. On Tuesday, LAUSD said that all students and employees are required to change their passwords for @lausd.net accounts.
The LAUSD said it is “immediately establishing a plan of action, informed by top public and private sector technology and cyber security professionals, to determine additional protections for the District, and to provide an independent opinion on system-wide protective measures.” Even with the cyberattack, the school district said it expected “uninterrupted instruction and staffing” for Tuesday.
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