2020 marked a "record-breaking" year for cyber attacks against schools, according to a recent report. Now, education policy organizations are asking policymakers to step up to help mitigate security threats.
Gerald Beuchelt, CISO at LogMeIn, says the impact of ransomware attacks on schools is even more serious today because they’re more reliant on digital tools and IT. “Any kind of disruption to their systems or the systems students use to access information or participate in conference calls wo...
K-12 schools are often the target of cyberattacks because they are historically underfunded when it comes tocybersecurityinfrastructure, Choffnes says. Additionally, hackers understand how valuable the data of children can be and that those affected are often more willing to pay top dollar to prev...
The top target for ransomware attacks isn’t the healthcare industry or the critical infrastructure as many may assume. It is education, particularly K–12 institutions. Different studies found a dramatic increase in the number of attacks against schools, jumping from 129 in 2022 to 265 in 2023....
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Ransomware attacks against schools on the rise Data shows school districts have reported more than 1,600 cyber attacks across the U.S. over a 6-year span. More than 300 involved ransomware, which has been steadily on the rise since the pandemic. Ash-har Quraishi visits a Tucson school distr...
As kids head back to school, parents and teachers have been focused on school supplies, while cybercriminals have their eyes on the prize: targeting educational institutions for financial gain. The last two years have seen a marked increase in cyberattacks on schools and educational entities, prim...
cases above $1 million. And in the worst incidents, ransomware attacks caused school systems to cancel both online and in-person classes in the middle of the still-raging pandemic. Schools inBaltimore County, MarylandandHartford, Connecticut, both lost several days of classes after attacks there....
Following a slew of cyber extortion attacks on schools, the FBI has issued a warning. Schools need to be alert to the threat of cyber extortion and must take steps to mitigate risk by addressing vulnerabilities, developing appropriate policies and proced
Preventing these attacks can be difficult because schools have so many different devices. During theCOVID-19 pandemic, many of those devices have been loaned out to teachers and students, so maintaining control over them is difficult. IT teams in education typically have limited staff and lack th...