Michigan School District Shut Down by Ransomware – Why Educational Institutions are Prime Targets
Educational institutions are easy marks for hackers peddling ransomware. They have lots of critical student and employee data, small cybersecurity budgets, and don’t train students or faculty how to spot and avoid common cyber-attacks. Combined with an ability to pay ransoms either through cyber-insurance coverage or city coffers, and they have a perfect cyberattacks bullseye on them!
