In any educational institute, the number of students and management is growing every year, resulting in more number of connected devices. This huge number of connected devices has indirectly exposed the education sector to vulnerable cyber threats. Like any other industry, the education industry also has crucial data assets that have to be properly secured.
Case Discussed: IIT-Madras Malware Attack (February 2020)
Barely, just a week back, one of the top-education institutes of the country, IIT-Madras has been the recent victim of a cyber attack. All their email servers seem to have been hacked and the complete mail system was shutdown. Despite the mail server getting completely hacked, the management has deployed a backup system for the entire mail system and looks like the system will be restored soon. A cyber analyst commented that this could possibly have been a ransomware attack.
It’s good to know that the administration has created backups for the email system, but the question arises what post-effects this cyber attack will have? The institute has got tie-ups and exchange programs with various universities across the globe. This cyberattack might create a denting image of the institute in the global education domain.
