{"id":831,"date":"2022-02-03T12:10:09","date_gmt":"2022-02-03T12:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/?p=831"},"modified":"2022-02-03T12:42:35","modified_gmt":"2022-02-03T12:42:35","slug":"cyberattacks-on-us-schools-increasing-amid-reliance-on-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tsfactory.com\/forums\/blog\/cyberattacks-on-us-schools-increasing-amid-reliance-on-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyberattacks on US schools increasing amid reliance on technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Amid a growing reliance on technology due to the coronavirus pandemic,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2022\/1\/20\/cyberattack-on-icrc-exposes-data-on-515000-vulnerable-people\">cyberattacks<\/a>\u00a0have become a growing threat to schools across the United States \u2013 leading to school shutdowns and to demands for more funding to address the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Starting last year, when many schools were more dependent on technology in order to conduct virtual learning due to pandemic shutdowns, several high-profile incidents were reported, leading school officials to scramble to recover data or even manually wipe all laptops.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPretty much any way that you cut it, incidents have both been growing more frequent and more significant,\u201d Doug Levin, director of the K12 Security Information Exchange, a Virginia-based nonprofit that helps schools defend against cybersecurity risk, told The Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p>Precise data is hard to come by since most schools are not required to publicly report cyberattacks. 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