As a follow-up to the recently released public service announcement on the privacy and security issues the FBI has observed with the use of technology in education, on September 21 they also released a brief podcast targeted to parents.
With advice for parents of children as young as kindergartners, the FBI podcast–notable not so much for its content but because the issue has risen in prominence for law enforcement at all–is worth the brief listen:
A new joint advisory – warning of cyber threats to K-12 schools – was released by the FBI, CISA, and MS-ISAC. Please share widely.
The WSJ’s Tawnell Hobbs has been writing about the issue of K-12 ransomware. This podcast focuses on the harrowing experience of a Texas school district featured in one of her recent stories.
According to news reports from Politico and ZDNet, the FBI has issued a warning about ransomware attacks targeting school districts.