Number of Student Data Breaches, Ransomware Attacks Nearly Triple in Last Year
Public K-12 education agencies across the country experienced a total of 348 cybersecurity incidents during calendar year 2019, says a report from the K-12 Cybersecurity Resource Center.
The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2019 Year in Review, said many of the incidents were significant, resulting in the theft of millions of taxpayer dollars, stolen identities, and the denial of access to school technology and IT systems for weeks or longer.