Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance system outage under investigation
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Board of Regents said an investigation was launched into a system outage involving the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance (LOSFA) program.
Officials said Louisiana State Police, the Office of Technology Services and the Governor's Office of Homeland Security have been notified about the incident, which has been contained.
"While we continue the investigation, we have notified all institutions regarding potential delayed student START account or state scholarship payments. We have asked institutions to extend payment deadlines to minimize any disruptions to education," the Board of Regents said.
An analysis is ongoing to determine if any information was involved in the incident.