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Welcome to the Office of Privacy Newsletter. In this edition, we look at phishing attacks on educational institutions and how they might impact data privacy.

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EDUCATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS ARE HIT BY PHISHING ATTACKS TARGETING CLOUD DATA MORE THAN ANY OTHER VERTICAL
The global 2021 Netwrix Cloud Data Security Report found that the majority of educational organizations experienced phishing attacks in 2020. Phishing was the most common incident, but the frequency of this type of attack in the educational sector is higher than the average.
7 PHISHING AWARENESS AND ANTI-PHISHING TIPS FOR THE EDUCATION SECTOR
Cybercriminals know that executives, admins, teachers, and students are easy targets. Although we wish that it were otherwise, this is uniquely true in the wake of the global coronavirus pandemic, when those within education ecosystems may be distracted, stressed, or exhausted, and hence more prone to clicking on a phishing email.
PHISHING ATTACKS: WHY DON'T WE THINK BEFORE WE CLICK?
Phishing attacks are as much about manipulating human behavior as they are about technology. This statement encapsulates why it is so difficult to prevent phishing campaigns that result in ransomware, stolen credentials, and other cyber attacks.
SEVERAL US UNIVERSITIES HIT BY PHISHING ATTACKS
Several universities around the country, alongside government agencies and companies, have been hit by a ransomware group. This group may have stolen and published the personal data of students and faculty members to scare the schools into paying ransom money.
THE DIRTY DOZEN: THE 12 MOST EXPENSIVE PHISHING ATTACKS IN HISTORY
Phishing is one of the most vicious and dangerous threats to businesses. The most successful phishing attack often involve a different social engineering tactics and can involve the impersonation of company executives, government organizations, charities, vendors, and business partners.
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