"Rise in School Cybercrime Attacks Sparks NCA Education Drive"

A new initiative has been launched in the UK to divert young people from cybercrime after cyberattacks designed to block access to school networks and websites more than doubled during the COVID-19 pandemic. Data from the National Crime Agency's National Cyber Crime Unit (NCCU) revealed a 107 percent increase in reports from the police cyber prevent network on young students executing distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks from 2019 to 2020. Students as young as nine have been performing such attacks. The National Crime Agency (NCA), in collaboration with Schools Broadband, part of the Talk Straight Group, launched a new initiative aimed at educating students who search for terms related to cybercrime on school computers. When a student searches for specific terms associated with cybercrime, they will see a warning message and suggestion to visit the Cyber Choices website, where they can learn about the Computer Misuse Act, cybercrime, and the consequences of committing such crime. This article continues to discuss the increase in the deployment of cyberattacks by young students and the new initiative designed to prevent young people from getting involved in cybercrime. 

NCA reports "Rise in School Cybercrime Attacks Sparks NCA Education Drive"