Verkkothis paper provides a focused assessment of the current cyber security threat to universities, colleges, and schools (`the education sector'). Verkkouniversities are frequent and enticing targets for cybercriminals. As a result, it is important to understand how they try to manipulate and sway the. Verkkothere were at least 26 ransomware attacks involving colleges and universities in 2020, according to an analysis by emsisoft. There were also 58.
