"Ransomware 'Crisis' in US Schools: More Than 1,000 Hit So Far in 2019"

Many hackers target school organizations. The main form of attack used against schools are Ransomware attacks. New data due to be published today by security firm Armor concludes that a total of 72 US school districts so far have suffered ransomware attacks this year, which means the number of victimized schools could be at 1,040 to date. Even more unnerving: 11 of those school districts, home to 226 schools, have been attacked just since late October.

DarkReading reports: Ransomware 'Crisis' in US Schools: More Than 1,000 Hit So Far in 2019