Hackers, glitches mar France’s mass return to online school

A girl waves goodbye to her mother as she enters her school in Strasbourg, eastern France. Children, parents and teachers are battling with connection problems across France after an abrupt nationwide switch to online learning saturated networks and embarrassed the government. Paris prosecutors opened an investigation into possible hacking into key systems, the prosecutor’s office said. — AP

PARIS: French children, parents and teachers are battling with Internet connection problems across the country after an abrupt nationwide switch to online learning saturated networks and embarrassed the government.

Paris prosecutors opened an investigation Wednesday into possible hacking into key systems, and the government’s cybersecurity agency is also investigating. Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer announced cyberattacks on a state distance-learning network and blamed overwhelmed private networks and servers for other glitches.