LANSING (WWJ) - An "ongoing cybersecurity incident" has forced one of the state's biggest community colleges to cancel most of its classes for the remainder of the week, administrators announced.
Lansing Community College has suspended nearly all classes, events and activities on Thursday, March 16 and Friday, March 17 in response to the incident.
School officials told students and staff not to come to campus or to log on and use any of the college's equipment.
LCC said in a statement to social media that they are working with the FBI, the Michigan Cyber Commander Center and their insurance response team to investigate the incident.
"We do not have any indication that employee or student personal or financial information has been compromised," officials stated. "We cannot guarantee that yet, but gaining further understanding on this topic is one of our top priorities as we look into our systems to see what was compromised."
According to LCC, future communication about their efforts will be made on their Twitter account and local media outlets as messages may become more difficult to send to staff and students once the college is disconnected from the network.
Officials reminded employees not to log on and work from the college's systems, with the exception of the Police Department, IT, Payroll, incident management, Facilities, and Academy and Aviation personnel.
"LCC continues to investigate a potential cybersecurity incident. We are currently working to determine its nature and scope," officials added.
The college said another update on the incident is expected to be released at by 4 p.m. on Thursday.