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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 ]
Need-to-know basis. A bill signed by the governor last year — AB 2355 — requires schools to report cyberattacks to the state’s cybersecurity team, but it only applies if more than 500 ...
Bucks County has identified a ransomware called "Akira" as the cause of a cyber security incident that has affected the county's Emergency Communications Department for more than a week.
Pennsylvania’s HB 1422 aims to reform charter tuition, setting a flat tuition cost of $8,000 for cyber charter students, but the bill’s future is unclear. Centre County school districts spend ...
The Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime Fighting Act of 2017 (H.R. 1616) is a bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives by U.S. Representative John Ratcliffe (R-Texas). The bill would amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to authorize the National Computer Forensics Institute, with the intent of providing local and ...
According to the press release on the NIST website, [10] "this FFRDC is the first solely dedicated to enhancing the security of the nation's information systems." The press release states that the FFRDC will help the NCCoE "expand and accelerate its public-private collaborations" and focus on "boosting the security of U.S. information systems."
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At the time, the school district had contracted Stride, Inc. (at the time known as K12 Inc.) to provide the software necessary for the internet-based instruction. Despite its price tag of $15.3 million, Stride was surprisingly susceptible to the attacks. Consequently, the school district sought the help of the FBI and U.S. Secret Service to ...