LevelBlue SpiderLabs: Breaking Down the Ransomware Groups Targeting the Education Sector
Ransomware attack groups have ramped up their efforts, launching attacks on the education sector with recent incidents striking a range of targets from an Australian institution of higher learning to a school district in North Carolina. These facilities contain a large amount of very valuable data, such as student records, intellectual property, and financial information that threat groups can leverage for financial gain. An additional reason education is targeted is that it must stay in operation.