Education has been a sector under siege, especially attractive to ransomware groups as the school year opens.
Education has been a sector under siege, especially attractive to ransomware groups as the school year opens.
Service providers like this one are highly at risk for trouble thanks to the combination of valuable data and access to companies that they offer bad actors.
Educational institutions have been high on cybercriminal priority lists, and the time pressure here made this attack an attractive prospect for the bad guys.
Cybercriminals have been concentrating their fire on suppliers and service providers, elevating risk for them.
The Information Technology sector was one of the 14 critical infrastructure sectors most victimized by ransomware last year.