--- title: Cyber Attacks Against Schools and Colleges | daily.dev description: Educational institutions, such as schools, colleges, and universities, are targets of cyber attacks due to the valuable personal information they store. The... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/cyber-attacks-against-schools-and-colleges-dzsw60sge twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Cyber Attacks Against Schools and Colleges | daily.dev og:description: Educational institutions, such as schools, colleges, and universities, are targets of cyber attacks due to the valuable personal information they store. The... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/cyber-attacks-against-schools-and-colleges-dzsw60sge og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/dZsw60sge.png og:image:alt: Cyber Attacks Against Schools and Colleges og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Cyber Attacks Against Schools and Colleges **[Arctic Wolf](https://daily.dev/sources/arcticwolf)** · 10 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Educational institutions, such as schools, colleges, and universities, are targets of cyber attacks due to the valuable personal information they store. The number of incidents and data disclosure has increased dramatically in recent years. Ransomware attacks, data breaches, business email compromise, distributed denial of service attacks, and invasions are some of the common cyber attacks faced by schools. To stay protected, institutions need to reduce human risk, implement security protocols, and provide training to staff. Notable cyber attacks against educational institutions include incidents at the University of Manchester, University of Hertfordshire, and Howard University. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#cyber](https://daily.dev/tags/cyber), [#data-breach](https://daily.dev/tags/data-breach) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/cyber-attacks-against-schools-and-colleges-dzsw60sge) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Cyber Attacks Against Schools and Colleges","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/cyber-attacks-against-schools-and-colleges-dzsw60sge","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/cyber-attacks-against-schools-and-colleges-dzsw60sge"},"datePublished":"2024-05-10T22:18:47.061Z","dateModified":"2024-05-10T22:18:45.070Z","description":"Educational institutions, such as schools, colleges, and universities, are targets of cyber attacks due to the valuable personal information they store. The...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a49dc19fa8e2605344270b3d7aa86f59?_a=AQAEuiZ","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/a49dc19fa8e2605344270b3d7aa86f59?_a=AQAEuiZ","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Arctic Wolf","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Arctic Wolf","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/30920b37616d4d80ad2b810a4b9f6b2e","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/arcticwolf"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/cyber-attacks-against-schools-and-colleges-dzsw60sge","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"cyber,data-breach","timeRequired":"PT10M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Arctic Wolf","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/arcticwolf"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Cyber Attacks Against Schools and Colleges"}]} ```