Experts warn of a surge in the DDoS attacks against education institutions and the academic industry across the world. Most of the attacks targeted educational institutions in the U.S., with an average weekly increase of 30% between July and August in the academic sector. The number of attacks passed from 468 to 608 when compared to May and June. In Asia, experts observed threat actors targeting several types of exploits for DoS, Remote Code Execution and Information Disclosure issues. A teen hacker in Florida launched a massive DDoS attack on the nations largest school districts during the first three days of virtual classes.”]
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