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.
But frustrated parents are blaming bad planning by the government. After more than seven months of in-person class, the switch on Tuesday to all-online learning for all of France’s 12 million pupils was