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Iowa PBS experiencing cybersecurity issue

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November 22nd, 2022 by Ric Hanson

(Radio Iowa) – Iowa P-B-S is experiencing some sort of cybersecurity issue, but the network’s over-the-air broadcasts and online offerings are not affected. A spokesperson for Iowa P-B-S told The Des Moines Register suspicious activity was detected in Iowa P-B-S network systems early Sunday morning. The final four days of the Iowa P-B-S Fall Festival pledge drive have been cancelled. Iowa P-B-S communications director Susan Ramsey told The Register this will mean a considerable loss of donor revenue. Iowa P-B-S online and on air programming is not affected.

In 1969, the State of Iowa bought the educational T-V station that Des Moines public schools was running. The Iowa Department of Education owns the federal licenses for the nine T-V stations that broadcast Iowa P-B-S programming statewide.