{"id":49819,"date":"2022-09-13T03:40:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-13T07:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.cybercon1.com\/?p=49819"},"modified":"2022-09-13T03:40:00","modified_gmt":"2022-09-13T07:40:00","slug":"feds-anticipate-ransomware-attacks-against-schools-could-increase-as-new-year-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberconservices.com\/index.php\/2022\/09\/13\/feds-anticipate-ransomware-attacks-against-schools-could-increase-as-new-year-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"Feds anticipate ransomware attacks against schools could increase as new year begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a new warning they anticipate ransomware <\/strong>attacks could increase as the new school year begins.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The FBI, CISA, and the MS-ISAC anticipate attacks may increase as the 2022\/2023 school year begins and criminal ransomware <\/strong>groups perceive opportunities for successful attacks,” the joint bulletin released Tuesday said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CISA is the cyber arm of the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The warning is timely — one of the nation’s largest school districts the Los Angeles Unified School Department fell victim to a ransomware<\/strong> attack over the weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Law enforcement warns that smaller school districts are the most vulnerable because they have the least amount of resources to prevent an attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“School districts with limited cybersecurity capabilities and constrained resources are often the most vulnerable; however, the opportunistic targeting often seen with cyber criminals can still put school districts with robust cybersecurity programs at risk. K-12 institutions may be seen as particularly lucrative targets due to the amount of sensitive student data accessible through school systems or their managed service providers,” the bulletin says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Specifically, the FBI and CISA said they are seeing activity against schools from one particular group called the Vice Society “disproportionately targeting the education sector with ransomware <\/strong>attacks.” Read On: <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said in a new warning they anticipate ransomware attacks could increase as the new school year begins. “The FBI, CISA, and the MS-ISAC anticipate attacks may increase as the 2022\/2023 school year begins and criminal ransomware groups perceive opportunities for successful attacks,” the joint bulletin […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49820,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[636],"tags":[637],"class_list":["post-49819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ransomware","tag-ransomware"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t