According to the White House, in last year’s academic year at least eight K-12 school districts in the U.S. were impacted by significant cyberattacks, and four of those caused schools to cancel classes or close completely.
CISA warned that a ransomware group exploited vulnerable PaperCut servers in May in order to target the education facilities subsector.
Researchers at SentinelLabs recently observed Transparent Tribe evolving its tactics in recent attacks against the Indian education sector.
A slew of ransomware attacks is causing government officials to consider the resources needed to secure school district networks.