(from EdSurge) A new cybersecurity incident strikes public K-12 schools nearly every three days, and those are just the ones we hear about. "It's definitely an undercount," said Doug Levin, author of "The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2018 Year in Review." Referring to the 122 "known" K-12 cybersecurity incidents reported in 2018, he estimates that up to 20 times more undisclosed breaches may have occurred. He has catalogued more than 415 incidents affecting schools since 2016, including a breach that exposed the data of 500,000 students and staff in one school district, and ransomware attacks that infect computer systems with software that either blocks access or releases personal information unless the victim pays a ransom.
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