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CISA Unveils New Cybersecurity Resources for K-12 Schools and Districts

DataBreaches.net · · International · Data Breaches

A recent report claims ransomware attacks on K-12 are down for the first half of 2026, while another news story’s headline today claims schools are becoming a new cybersecurity battleground. New? We don’t think it’s new. But the education sector has long been characterized as providing low-hanging fruit for criminals, and recent attacks on edtech... Source

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