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Security

‘It is very serious’: Minneapolis schools find student and staff data on the dark web

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Once students' personal data is found on the dark web, there is virtually nothing families can do, according to one cybersecurity expert. Here are eight recommendations district leaders should give to families following an incident like this.

Nowadays, is restorative discipline enough to keep students in line? Quite frankly, no

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"It's just a fancy buzzword and a complete failure," said one kindergarten teacher. "My story is an accurate depiction of what restorative justice looks like in schools. It's not working and there's no accountability."

Discipline dive: Students brawl, teacher attacked and elderly bus driver punched

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"Nobody cares that our kids are so used to the violence at this point," said one concerned parent. "Their mental health is worth everything."

K12 leaders: ‘Please let us use E-rate to prevent cyberattacks’

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Education advocacy groups have pleaded with the Federal Communications Commission to modernize E-rate funding to better support districts as financially driven cybercriminals continue to target K12 schools.

3 ways to help protect your students from malicious phishing attacks

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Cybercriminals are hungry for students' personal identity information and their blank credit history, and their tactics to retrieve such information are becoming increasingly stealthy.

Why swatting threats may be a long-term issue for schools

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Over the past six months, many districts have fallen victim to falsified threats. According to one safety expert, they appear to be linked to one another and originate from international sources.

U.S. joins international partnership to shine light on growing cyberattacks

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The U.S. joined Australia, India and Japan in the Quad Cyber Challenge, a resource-sharing initiative to raise attention around cyber threats against education and government institutions. Education is a key focus of the initiative, as it is now the single-most targeted industry for cyberattacks.

International security and student safety: Why schools are banning TikTok

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From "devious licks" to vandalizing school property, more districts are becoming aware of the dangerous TikTok trends that students can't get enough of. Then there's the fact that it can cause massive cybersecurity issues.

Cybersecurity: Your district can’t afford to make these avoidable mistakes

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"The secret is out: K12s are a target-rich and resource-poor sector," says TJ Sayers, cyber threat intelligence manager at the Center for Internet Security (CIS). "Maintaining complete, secured, and offline backups is the single-most effective way to recover from most attacks, including ransomware."

How to manage the looming threat of school shootings in 2023

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Between 2016 and 2020, there has been a total of 173 mass shootings in the U.S. Among those, 13 have occurred within educational institutions, making this sector the third-most targeted.

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