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Authorities believe the Miami Dade school district experienced a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack (see illustration). Designed to overwhelm the bandwidth of the targeted system. There are two types of DoS attacks: One is designed to crash services and the other is designed to flood services. The most serious attack is distributed. [1]
Microsoft Security Intelligence has said there are more attacks on schools and school districts than any other industry. [1] There were 348 reported cyberattacks on school districts in 2019. School districts were allocating millions of dollars for their computer systems to support virtual learning in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic . [ 2 ]
Hacking has become less complex as hacking communities disseminate their knowledge through the internet. [citation needed] Blogs and social networks have contributed substantially to information sharing, so that beginners can benefit from older hackers' knowledge and advice. Furthermore, hacking is cheaper than ever.
The Glendale Unified School District did not disclose how much personal information was stolen, but they notified 14,000 former and current employees about the data breach.
Even though technology has made many aspects of our lives easier, it often comes with a price. More of us are working from home and increasingly conducting personal business online.
BURLINGTON, N.C. (WGHP) — A teacher has been charged after an alleged assault at a Piedmont Triad middle school. According to the Burlington Police Department, on Dec. 12 they received a report ...
The New York City Department of Education prohibited all its teachers from using the platform with students, and the Clark County School District in Nevada disabled access to Zoom to its staff. [30] Singapore 's Ministry of Education briefly banned all teachers within the country from using Zoom [ 31 ] [ 32 ] before lifting the ban three days ...
In 2017, the group broke its trend of hacking and extortion, and began a series of terror-based attacks starting with the Columbia Falls school district in Montana. [6] [7] The group sent life-threatening text messages to students and their parents, demanding payment to prevent the murder of children. [8]