Ransomware and DDoS attacks have disrupted some schools’ return to teaching this fall. The start of classroom and online instruction at Hartford Public Schools in Connecticut was canceled Tuesday as a result of a ransomware attack. The attack knocked school as well as city systems offline. Miami-Dade schools in Florida canceled online classes for 200,000 students last week due to distributed denial-of-service attacks. Cybersecurity professionals had been predicting a spike in ransomware attacks this fall as new hybrid learning environments go online.”]
Source: https://www.databreachtoday.com/ransomware-ddos-attacks-disrupt-more-schools-a-14961