Ransomware attacks on US K-12 schools

From usa.kaspersky.com

Ransomware attacks on US K-12 schools

Children all across the country returned to in-person school this year, some for the very first time after starting their educational journeys remotely. With remote learning, technology in schools was front and center in the home, emphasizing just how much children are a part of the modern Internet.

While many schools had cybersecurity measures in place before the pandemic, they had to adjust as each student began taking computers home. Students were connecting into the schools from their own home Wi-Fi networks or external public networks where the security measures aren’t as strong and teachers and administrators can’t monitor their activity.

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