Online Learning Update

May 9, 2017

70% of UK universities are phishing victims — and US numbers are likely similar

Filed under: Online Learning News — Ray Schroeder @ 12:02 am

by Autumn A. Arnett, Education Dive

According to a new report from Duo Labs Research, 70% of universities surveyed in a Freedom of Information inquiry have fallen victim to phishing scams in the last year. Several of the schools surveyed indicated multiple attacks, and 10% indicated 51 or more attacks in the last year. The report focused heavily on U.K. institutions, but Jordan Wright, Senior R&D Engineer at Duo Security, said via email, “[I]t’s safe to assume that U.S.-based universities are just as vulnerable to phishing attacks as those in the U.K.”

http://www.educationdive.com/news/70-of-uk-universities-are-phishing-victims-and-us-numbers-are-likely-sim/441348/

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