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well there's a troubling trend of cyber
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criminals gaining access to your child's
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personal information like school records
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medical and mental health histories and
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even Social Security numbers data shows
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school districts have reported more than
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1600 cyber attacks across the us over a
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sixe span more than 300 involved
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ransomware those have been steadily On
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The Rise since the pandemic when more
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students got online data gathered by K12
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security information exchange a
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nonprofit focused on protecting schools
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from cber security threats broke down
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the attack stating back to 2016 on this
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map Arkansas is not immune there was a
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major Cyber attack against lck School
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District in 2022 who reportedly paid a
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$250,000 Ransom to hackers penetrating
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the school's computers most recently at
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the end of July Northwest Arkansas
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Community College experienced a similar
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cyber threat and just this week bista
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reopen their city offices after
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containing a cyber threat most
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significant attacks are being launched
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from overseas and that's really quite a
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significant ask of school systems to
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have to defend against anyone know what
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the definition of cyber security is
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without looking at the
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screen cyber educator Brian pitchman
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says that a layer of defense is teaching
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kids to guard their passwords and spot
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scams and another good layer protection
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is hosting cyber security classes every
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year or quarter similar to the way many
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corporations are already doing
