List of cyberattacks on schools From 2016 to 2019 there have been 855 cyberattacks on US school districts. Microsoft Security Intelligence has said there are more attacks on schools and school districts than any other industry. 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. The Miami Dade Public Schools invested in a $15.3 million online learning system. In 2020 their system was hacked with a Denial of Service Cyber attack.
The two main types of cyberattacks on schools are distributed denial of service (Ddos) - an attack which overwhelms the target's internet bandwidth, and ransomware - where the hacker takes control of the target's computer system and demands money. In 2020, because of reliance on distance learning, schools braced for cyberattacks. The average cost for organizations that do not pay the ransomware demands was $730,000.
Legislation.
US Representative Josh Harder introduced a bill in congress entitled: Protecting Students from Cybercrimes Act. The bill's goal is to give schools $25 million in grants to implement cyber security. In 2019 US Senators Gary Peters and Rick Scott also authored a bill to safeguard school computer systems, The K-12 Cybersecurity Act.
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