Abnormal Security has released its latest blog showing an exponential surge of cyberattacks in the educational sector, exposing over 650,000 records in the last 60 days.
Mike Britton, CISO at Abnormal Security discusses how educational institutions across the US are becoming easy prey for cybercriminals as the school year approaches, making phishing a big threat to students, teachers, and staff.
The blog dives deep into four instances of schools, all the way from Elementary schools to University, whose students and staff that were exposed, making them vulnerable to potential phishing attacks:
- Data Breach exploiting 46,169 University students on a cybercrime forum
- 576,735 records exposed in Elementary school teachers’
- Data Breach Targeting Rowan College at Burlington County Compromises 27,000 Records
- $200 Million IT System Breach Impacting 25,000
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Cyber Threat Researcher Finds 650,000 Emails Exposed in Recent Cyberattacks on Schools and Universities as “Back to School” Hits
Abnormal Security has released its latest blog showing an exponential surge of cyberattacks in the educational sector, exposing over 650,000 records in the last 60 days.
Mike Britton, CISO at Abnormal Security discusses how educational institutions across the US are becoming easy prey for cybercriminals as the school year approaches, making phishing a big threat to students, teachers, and staff.
The blog dives deep into four instances of schools, all the way from Elementary schools to University, whose students and staff that were exposed, making them vulnerable to potential phishing attacks:
You can read the blog here.
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