Recent research points out that colleges and universities are coming under more aggressive security attacks while their defenses struggle to keep up with growing demand. Each student on campus represents approximately seven IP addresses, making most state and many private universities the home of hundreds of thousands of connected devices. A report released by EdGuards, “A Brief History of Higher Education Insecurity,” walks readers through attacks from 2002 through 2018 to show how hackers have evolved. While the complexity and levels of attacks are growing, the issues in higher education cybersecurity aren’t new.”]
Source: https://www.darkreading.com/attacks-breaches/universities-get-schooled-by-hackers