Schools are 'target rich' for cyberattacks, fed agency helps fight back
EVERETT — Schools have a lot of information — and not just the educational kind.
Social security numbers, addresses, staff members’ banking information, the list goes on. That data is stored digitally, and schools are increasingly a prime target for cybercriminals seeking to steal the sensitive information.
Ian Moore, state coordinator for the federal Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), works with school administrations around Washington to help safeguard the data by shoring up their defenses. On Tuesday, he made a stop in Everett.
“There are so many schools throughout the nation, that statistically there’s attacks going on right now — whether (the schools) know it or not,” said Moore, a Cascade High School graduate, during an interview with the Herald last week.
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